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New Testimony in Edwards Trial

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    What did he know about the money trail?

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So.

What does a prosecution trying to prove with this testimony.

Well the prosecution's trying to establish just how much John Edwards who just a few minutes ago returned to -- Federal courthouse here how much he knew.

About this financial scheme after days of sordid testimony about edwards' affair and the botched effort to cover it up.

What Bryan Huffman does this refocus this trial on the money trail.

Prosecutors are trying to establish that the funds that Hoffman delivered from his wealthy friend Rachel bunny Mellon to John Edwards aide Andrew Young.

Were intended to help edwards' presidential campaign not just hide a private affair.

The prosecution asked did he ever tell you about real hunter referring to that aide Andrew Young.

Hoffman replied no the prosecution followed up did he ever tell you about mr.

Edwards having an extramarital affair.

Hoffman replied no prosecution did he ever tell you he was in California because of those things Hoffman know Martha.

And very interesting.

They're all trying to establish whether or not this this campaign funds.

Or not campaign funds so the defense will get up there today and we're likely to hear I would imagine dot there's something along the lines of how it was clearly just to sort of protect the family and covered up from the family right.

Exactly and they're also trying to prove the defense is it.

-- Edwards may not have been aware of all of the financial Wheeling and -- that his aide Andrew Young was up to.

And it as you pointed out that the money was intended to protect edwards' family.

Not the campaign that's what the defense has been trying to underscore.

Throughout this trial so it's not so much the money trail that's in question -- but the intent behind the money.

Is what jurors must ultimately decide look at.

-- they see this affair being covered up.

As part of edwards' presidential aspirations.

Or is it simply a person who wants to preserve his family and his marriage and his lying about that.

-- professor Friedland says there's another way to look at it -- basically the defense and prosecution are agreeing on the same.

Picture but they're both trying to place different frames around that picture for the jury --

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