Timing: John Edwards Affair and His Candidacy
I just watched ABC's World News Tonight. It shows the interview with John Edwards without sound, using text overlay for some of his quotes. You'll have to watch Nightline to hear him in his own voice.
The interview does provide these dates:
- Edwards says he met Rielle Hunter in 2006 -- after she was hired as a campaign videographer. The affair was in 2006.
- He told Elizabeth about the affair in 2006. She was furious.
- Edwards launched his presidential campaign in December, 2006.
- The National Enquirer reported the affair in October, 2007, and Edwards denied it.
- Edwards came in second in the Iowa caucuses in January, 2008 and dropped out a few weeks later.
- The baby was born in Feb. 2008.
- He denies being the father because the affair ended before Hunter would have conceived.
- Edwards met with Hunter last month at the hotel in Beverly Hills to convince her to stay quiet about their affair. He doubts the authenticity of the Enquirer photograph showing him holding the child.
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