Speechwriter says Edwards knew about cover up
MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press
Updated 04:20 p.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A former speechwriter for John Edwards testified Tuesday that the onetime presidential candidate acknowledged knowing that a wealthy donor was secretly supporting his pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.
Wendy Button testified at Edwards' corruption trial that she helped him in the summer of 2009 to draft a public statement admitting he had repeatedly lied about fathering a baby girl with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. The testimony came after a donor and policy adviser testified that he warned Barack Obama's presidential campaign about Edwards' infidelity during the summer of 2008.
Button said Edwards told her he knew that his campaign finance chairman, Fred Baron, had been financially supporting Hunter and the baby.
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