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    Prosecution trying to demonstrate that cover-up was well known

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Former John Edwards donor today said he was astonished.

When the former presidential candidate told him he still had a shot at becoming.

Then senator Obama's vice president.

Even though the media had started reporting the details of John Edwards affair.

The former donor is pictured here beaten the guy in the beard he's a developer.

A former Edwards supporter -- friend and former Edwards aide Andrew Young.

Today the donor told the court that he warned then senator Barack Obama's campaign back in 2008.

About the John Edwards affair.

He said he told an Obama campaign staffer and I quote you've seen the tabloid reports and usually they get these wrong.

But in this case I don't think they did end quote.

Of course prosecutors say John Edwards knew he was using campaign money to hide his affair from voters and his dying wife.

John edwards' lawyers say he didn't know about the cash and that his aide Andrew Young spent most of the money on his dream home.

If convicted John Edwards faces up to thirty years in prison and one point five million dollars in fines.

Jonathan series covering his trial it's going down in Greensboro, North Carolina what the prosecution doing to try to prove Edwards did indeed know about this.

Ash.

-- right now they have Wendy button on the stand she's the former speechwriter who helped John Edwards come up with this draft if how he was going to admit his -- to the American public.

She had just before a break was describing.

How he apologized to staff and at that point.

Edwards was visibly upset and during the break he.

Slowly walked out of the courtroom into an adjoining room with -- lol -- his lead defense attorney following from behind.

Prosecutors are also pointing to evidence such as a hand written note the court just publicized today in which Edwards writes to benefactor Rachel bunny Mellon.

Quote you can help make a real difference in the country we both love.

With -- without prosecutors are hoping to convince jurors that the intent.

Behind this donor money was political.

Not just gifts between friends -- Jonathan but the defense today aggressively cross examined that the prosecution witness in this.

-- yet they did indeed they're trying to point out that these witnesses convince the jurors that these witnesses may have had.

A vendetta against John Edwards or that they were trying to profit off of his affair.

Edwards' lawyers pointed out that one of the witnesses Tim Tobin has had used the quote pathetic little man.

All that in an email him that he sent to former campaign aide Andrew Young in one email Tobin appears to joke about edwards' affair resulting in a pregnancy.

In that email to young Tobin writes quote.

On a lighter note the headline in USA today is fertility rate in USA on the -- spring.

-- to be a trend setter.

The defense showed another email in which Tobin congratulates young on a TV.

Appearance talking about his tell all book in that email Tobin writes quote -- baby were drinking and when you get home -- Jonathan Syria at the courthouse in Greensboro Jonathan thank you we'll bring in the lawyers now former prosecutors Fox News legal analyst Arthur right -- on your left.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Seems like everybody knew everybody knew everybody around John Edwards seem to know.

And that's that's exactly how the prosecution is going about communication ever did this isn't like there is -- really one smoking gun.

Although there's -- with a little one that that dropped yesterday.

But what -- really with the prosecution is trying to show is -- this campaign worker having nothing to do with mr.

Edwards and his wife.

Real about the money knew about the contribution you'll about the governor mark and sort of this speech writer -- -- -- this advanced person and so -- the show for -- this.

Well -- -- this is really only about husband and wife.

At about keeping this from the life that wasn't one of the campaign bill and that's the prosecutor's argument -- danger because of this is just.

About the wife then it's not illegal.

If it's about the voting public it is very much illegal Randy all we've heard about is a cover up about an affair.

And you can call.

The hair stylist they're gonna call a speech right at the bottom line is they have not produced any proof that the cover up was to deceive.

The voters the -- was clearly to keep it from Elizabeth Edwards which makes perfect sense and by the way there was one other piece of compelling testimony today I had to open which is.

I wonder what that tape is worth.

That is a conversation that he had win but -- -- I'll follow.

Please don't follow up.

There's not that -- that essentially what else.

Okay so I don't would never say you went out there trying to sell the tape or -- down Jonathan Edwards John Edwards what's very tally is dead -- lawyer spoke to John Edwards bloody bunny money is the donor who gave a million dollars or so we don't know what -- hold little gift.

Does does does John Edwards know that he's using this for his own means yes he does know he's using this for his own means -- well.

If he's using it for his own means why does everybody and his campaign know about it why because -- he's what he's.

Because he and his wife is white kids -- Edwards is here to campaigning here this white is right you gotta keep us from his wife it will be telling whether they called Writely.

That ever happened real hunter guests -- -- whale hunt I've rail hunter is the mistress and the mother of John Edwards love child correct that that will be telling as to win the prosecutors and it they do that's how you know -- got it.

Well that's.

I think that would be -- sign him.

They don't we think they're not sure that they have it.

If they put her on because you've written this that's really rolling the dice you -- you know we putting she's a wild card she's been called nuts crazy at the loop out of a mind.

She consults astrology is on the -- -- yeah I do that all the time so.

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