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    John Edwards asks to delay trial, citing illness

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former presidential candidate John Edwards says he has been diagnosed with a medical condition that would make it difficult for him to attend his approaching criminal trial over campaign finances and is asking for it to be delayed.

    In a motion filed Thursday, Edwards' lawyers asked a federal judge to delay the start of the Jan. 30 trial for at least two months. They did not disclose his illness and filed sealed records with the court.

    "The Defendant has a medical issue ... that will prevent a trial of this matter during the January 2012 Criminal Term," the motion says. "The failure to grant a continuance would be likely to result in a miscarriage of justice."

    Members of the defense team could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Federal prosecutors did not take a position on the medical issue.

    However, prosecutors filed a separate motion opposing another Edwards request for more time to prepare. Prosecutors said they are ready to try Edwards on six felony and misdemeanor counts related to nearly $1 million from wealthy donors used to help hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for the While House.

    Edwards, a Democrat, denies knowingly violating the law and has pleaded not guilty.

    The start date of the trial has already been put back once after Edwards said he needed more time to prepare his defense and attend his daughter's wedding.

    Edwards appeared healthy last week at a pretrial hearing in the case.

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    • Joy Bear  •  Macedonia, Ohio  •  11 days ago
      Isn't Moral out rage something you have after the trial .Do you all really think Toyota has a Magic Unicorn that comes with the trunk. This is why we have separation of Church and state .
    • Ed  •  Salt Lake City, Utah  •  5 mths ago
      John Edwards was examined and found that he had no backbone. That is not a medical issue.
      • Gregory P 5 mths ago
        No balls either...
      • Sunny 5 mths ago
        bwahahahaha to both Ed and Gregory P's comments.
      • brucew 5 mths ago
        nicely played ed
    • MFJL  •  Appleton, Wisconsin  •  5 mths ago
      Sort of like when he delayed cheating on his wife because she had cancer....oh, wait...he went right ahead and did her dirty behind her back. Let justice roll; there's infirmaries in prison.
      • snwin 5 mths ago
        If only God thought the same way - poetic justice...
      • g 5 mths ago
        Yep. Just like Newt Gingrich.
      • Lisa S 5 mths ago
        Right on!
    • TeriN  •  Raleigh, North Carolina  •  5 mths ago
      Disgusting. His wife carried onwith dignity and grace while battling a terminal illness. Shame on him.
      • Donzi 5 mths ago
        No, she was just as quilty!
      • Oldsarge 5 mths ago
        Donzi- You are a lowlife #$%$ ans just a disgusting as Edwards himself. I hope you die soon from an extremely painful cancer.
      • MICPL 5 mths ago
        Newt and John have the Morals.
    • Screamer  •  Clarksville, Tennessee  •  5 mths ago
      old trial lawyer trick...I wouldn't trust him if he called in dead.
      • STR8 MAN 5 mths ago
        Obama
        Wall Street Reforms and Consumer Protection
        Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money.

        He pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression

        He made it so that banks could no longer use YOUR money to invest in high-risk financial instruments that work against their own customers' interests.

        He supported the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation.

        He wholly endorsed and supported the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close offshore tax avoidance loopholes.

        He made a deal with Swiss banks that permits the US government to gain access to the records of criminals and tax evaders.

        again nooooooooooooo difference between the two parties
      • STR8 MAN 5 mths ago
        Never has test scores been so low in history than now in America, we are below third world countries. How is it even a surprise to me that the common person thinks they are smart by saying
        1. Democrats suck
        2. Both parties suck

        Such an easy convenient way to bypass learning and boring knowledge. That’s ok. Don’t be surprised when you are eating cat food when you are 70 and working at McDonalds and endlessly thinking about how the government somehow screwed you over. Both parties are NOT the same and you people have been fooled starting with Monica Lewinski. One party leaves us money, one party runs up deficits. Clinton and GWBush are perfect examples of what has already happened almost over our entire American history….oh shoot..lowest test scores…dang this is pointless

        I hope there is no such thing as reincarnation because the future looks bleak being helmed by the apathetic
      • STR8 MAN 5 mths ago
        Did you know eric cantor has a huge insurance policy that pays big if America defaults? For each day that man has a job America has a another month added in the hole even after he leaves. Hey Virginia- whats wrong with you people? Why do you vote for eric cantor over and over again? Google GANNON BUSH to see pix of the guy Bush will swallow for. Bush did not fail to regulate wall street, banks and housing- he hired chris cox in 2003 to deregulate it all even though the very few shunned demos in gov at the time said it could lead to a depression like just what happened in the 1920s
        Freaks or bigots or white trash or greedy dirty rich rich have been riding good people beginning in 2000 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Virginia recall Eric Cantor NOW
    • Bruce  •  Newark, Delaware  •  5 mths ago
      The judge should show as much respect for his illness as Edwards did for his wife's cancer.
      • minute man 5 mths ago
        THIS MAN SHOULD BE HUNG THE SICKO
      • Donzi 5 mths ago
        I agree, but she was a liar too! Probably a gold digging one at that!
      • MX City 5 mths ago
        Donzi, seriously? She was a lawyer who obtained her JD from UNC and initially she supported the family. Look it up. Your comment is so stupid.
    • SA  •  5 mths ago
      This is the guy who was having an affair while his wife was terminally ill with cancer. A class act all the way.
    • j. b  •  Springfield, Virginia  •  5 mths ago
      No judge in their right mind would grant the continuance for such a lame excuse, particularly in light of what Edwards did to his wife while she had cancer. Sadly, most judges do not have a right mind, so he'll probably get his request to delay justice.
    • Seng  •  Gibsonia, Pennsylvania  •  5 mths ago
      We dodged a bullet...this could have been a commanderr in chief. What he did while his wife was ill....! Man...he is facing a judgement that should really scare him...and it is not in our messed up court of law. Remember...it is not a justice system...it is a judicial system. EVERYONE....CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND PUSH FOR TERM LIMITS ON THE FEDERAL BENCH. NO JOB FOR LIFE. No one in public gets such cushion....why should they!!
    • Yasmine  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  5 mths ago
      Haha and this guy ran for President of the United States, and he spoke to us of family values,
    • richard r  •  Rohnert Park, California  •  5 mths ago
      yea he has got a illness right between his ears, throw him in prison !!!
    • Michael  •  Austin, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      If you continue to elect lawyers, you will continue to be represented by liars
    • sambu-das  •  Centro, Mexico  •  5 mths ago
      Normally when you want to delay your trial cause you are sick, the judge says ok and they take you into custody and send you to the prison infermary to await your trial.
      I heard somebody once say: Justice is a rich man's sport, you need a lot of money to play at it.
    • Ladybug  •  Dalton, Georgia  •  5 mths ago
      This is laughable! He doesn't have enough guts to face the music so he fakes an illness. What a coward.
    • Ed  •  Wilmington, North Carolina  •  5 mths ago
      It did not bother him that his wife was sick.
    • RonK  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  5 mths ago
      he should get the cell next to Blago
    • alan  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  5 mths ago
      Maybe he wants to get rid of his Hemrroids before going to Prison since Buba will be waiting for him....
    • Robert  •  5 mths ago
      Suck it up, Edwards. You did it, and you were not smart enough to not get caught. Step up, take your lumps, and get ready to introduce yourself as Guido's new girlfriend.
    • Rebecca  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  5 mths ago
      He doesn't deserve more time, for being ill or not....he could careless when his wife was ill....Karma!!!
    • L.Kieth W  •  5 mths ago
      Now he is hiding behind an illness. So much about Mr Edwards is fake. I feel so sorry for his children and the embarrassment he has caused them. Get your fat butt to court and deal
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