John Edwards

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** FILE ** In this June 3, 2011, file photo, John Edwards leaves the Federal Building in Winston-Salem, N.C. After years of investigation, denials and delays, jury selection is set to begin Thursday, April 12, 2012, for the criminal trial of the former presidential candidate in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Both sides agreed Monday that the intimate video made by former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, should not be shown to jurors. (Associated Press)

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This undated photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, shows former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations in early June. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)

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**FILE** Former Sen. John Edwards (center) leaves the Federal Building in Winston-Salem, N.C., on June 3, 2011, with his daughter Cate Edwards (left). (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Dec. 11, 2010, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 11, 2010, file photo, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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Federal authorities have spent more than two years investigating the campaign finances of John Edwards, the 2004 vice-presidential nominee. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Dec. 11, 2010, Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Rielle Hunter (background left) holds a video camera as former Sen. John Edwards, North Carolina Democrat, campaigns for president in Portsmouth, N.H., in December 2006. Ms. Hunter had an affair and an out-of-wedlock child with Mr. Edwards. (AP Photo)

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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his children, Emma Claire, left, Jack and Cate, far right, leave the funeral service for Elizabeth Edwards at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 11, 2010. The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month makes no mention of her estranged husband. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)

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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his children, Emma Claire, left, Jack and Cate, far right, leave the funeral service for Elizabeth Edwards at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 11, 2010. The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month makes no mention of her estranged husband. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds, File)

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Former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, right, and his daughter Cate, left, arrive for funeral services for Elizabeth Edwards at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Edwards died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 61. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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** FILE ** Andrew Young, a former aide to John Edwards, waits in a Chatham County courtroom in Pittsboro, N.C., for a Feb. 5, 2010, hearing over a videotape authored by Mr. Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter. (AP Photo)