Reply #3: Checks written for "furniture" and passed to Edwards' aide

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See relevant portions of indictment here (see sections 21, 22, and 23 of the indictment):

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/john_edwards_indicted_on_six_counts_1.php?ref=fpa

The whole point of the government's case is that if the money were a personal loan, it would not have been necessary to cover the tracks like this. Also, there is apparently testimony from aides that these machinations were planned by Edwards with the campaign.