What is John Edwards doing for a living?

[rucky]

He's not an elected official.

He's not currently running for office.

He's either not working, or he's in the private sector.

[hobbit709]

1. He's not exactly broke

[rucky]

3. So not working is an option.

The point is, we haven't entrusted him with the public good for quite a few years now. He's a private citizen, so what's the big deal?

[Iris]

10. I've been half-heartedly trying to make that same argument.

I suppose if he were a serious candidate for VP, this would be a big deal.

[AllentownJake]

2. I think he made enough from his Legal practice

Before he was a Senator to retire very very comfortably at 40 if he wanted to.

[TexasObserver]

4. He used campaign funds to pay off his girl friend.

So your comments don't apply. He was a presidential candidate, he misused campaign funds, and he did so to pay personal expenses. That's illegal and a breach of his duty of trust, even if you don't think it is.

[rucky]

6. Is that verified?

I heard it mentioned downthread a few times, but haven't seen it as the focus of any reporting. I figured something like that would be in the lede of any decent reporting about this.

[TexasObserver]

7. read the thread about the campaign lawyer, Barron

That was the shocker for me. There were major bundles of money moved from the campaign through him.

I wish it were not true, but it appears to be. This means a whole new level of subterfuge and breach of duty by John.

[rucky]

14. This angle would change things.

It doesn't look good for JE.

[TexasObserver]

16. It appears he spent massive amounts of campaign cash inappropriately.

And since the source is the lawyer who was providing hundreds of thousands of dollars of "work" to the campaign, it really looks bad for Edwards.

[Stevepol]

19. I believe his girlfriend was part of the business that was doing the filming of his trip.

I'm not sure the money was for her. It was most likely just part of the payment to the company for doing the PR filming for his trip. These payments have been reported because they're fully available in the ledger sheets for the campaign, probably as indicated as payments to his girlfriend's legit firm doing the filming of the events that both she and JE were taking part in.

Am I wrong about that?

[TexasObserver]

21. Edwards campaign paid attorneys fees to a Mr. Baron, who then paid his money to the paramour

See the thread about Mr. Baron.

[LisaL]

28. She was paid for making the movies.

Then, separately, she was paid by the lawyer, according to the lawyer, from the lawyer's funds.

[Colobo]

20. It looks like the guy is corrupt.

[TexasObserver]

22. I'm still in shock over it. This scheme/scam with Baron is really offensive.

They took campaign money, paid Baron, and thereby gave Baron the money to funnel cash to the girlfriend.

This is going to get much worse before it gets better.

[LisaL]

26. The woman was also apparently paid separately

for making the documentary movies about Edwards. The lawyer also says he paid her to move (from his own funds). I am not sure how much money we are talking about with the lawyer, he didn't say (that I know of).

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[TexasObserver]

15. Facts? Here:

http://www.google.com/

Search Attorney, Edwards, Baron, campaign money

[NightWatcher]

5. living off his days as a corporate lawyer

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[NightWatcher]

13. excuse the fuck out of me. He was a big money lawyer, nuff said

he did nothing out of the goodness of his heart. He got paid

[baby_mouse]

8. Writing his autobiographhy, if he's any sense.

Book Deal City.

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. Earning interest on interest nt

[davsand]

17. Edwards was a Trial Lawyer for a long time, and he was reportedly good at it.

I don't remember (probably never knew, really) the cases he had, but I remember one in particular that was a pool drain that pretty much eviscerated a little girl. They got a multi million dollar judgment on that (along with industry reforms that probably saved lives,) and the usual and customary fee on that kind of case is one third to the lawyers. Doesn't take too many of those to render a daily trip to the office unnecessary.

I don't know too may Product Liability Lawyers that are going hungry.

:shrug:



Laura

[undeterred]

18. He's solving the poverty problem

or so his devotees said.

[rucky]

23. one mistress at a time.

:spank:

[undeterred]

24. Yeah, those $100,000 payments get expensive

after a while. A man can only afford so much...

[LisaL]

25. As he used to try civil cases, my guess is he saved up a lot.

He did build that huge house after all.

[liberal1973]

27. who cares

[LisaL]

29. I think plenty of people do.