Judge rejects Edwards’s attempt to have charges of illegal payoff dismissed
{mosads}To bolster this argument, Edwards’s team cited the case of former Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), whose parents gave $96,000 to a former aid with whom the senator was having an affair.
Edwards’s case now likely will head to trial. Previous attempts to reach a plea bargain failed after the former senator balked at the prospect of serving jail time.
