North Carolina: Edwards’s Mistress at Courthouse - for nine hours.

North Carolina: Edwards’s Mistress at Courthouse
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The ex-mistress of John Edwards spent much of Thursday in a federal courthouse in Raleigh where a grand jury was meeting, at a time when federal investigators are examining Mr. Edwards’s finances. The woman, Rielle Hunter, below, entered the building in the morning, holding a child. She left about nine hours later. Mr. Edwards admits having had an affair with Ms. Hunter, but he denied in an interview with ABC News last summer that he had fathered her child. He said the affair ended in 2006. That year, his political action committee paid Ms. Hunter’s video production firm $100,000 for work. Then the committee paid $14,086 on April 1, 2007. Mr. Edwards, a Democratic senator from 1998 until his vice-presidential bid in 2004, acknowledged in May that federal investigators were looking into his use of campaign funds. Grand jury proceedings are secret, and the United States Attorney’s Office in Raleigh declined to confirm or deny an inquiry.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/07brfs-EDWARDSSMIST_BRF.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

shame on her:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/parnell_charles.shtml

"In 1886, Parnell joined with the Liberals to defeat Lord Salisbury's Conservative government. Gladstone became Prime Minister and introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill. Parnell believed it was flawed but said he was prepared to vote for it; the Bill split the Liberal Party and was defeated in the House of Commons. Gladstone's government fell soon afterwards. In April 1887, The Times published a reproduction of a letter, alleging bearing Parnell's signature and excusing the Phoenix Park murders. Proof that the letter was a forgery transformed Parnell into a hero in the eyes of English liberals and he received a standing ovation in the House of Commons. It was the peak of his career.

"It was also short-lived. In December 1889, William O'Shea, formerly one of Parnell's most loyal supporters, filed for divorce from his wife Katherine on the grounds of her adultery with Parnell. Kitty had in fact been Parnell's mistress for some years and Parnell was the father of three of her children. The scandal provoked a split in the party and Parnell was replaced as leader. He was sidelined from political life and died in Brighton on 6 October 1891."

What A country.

same misuse of campaign funds alledged here and also alledged in Ensign's case will be investigated there too.