John Edwards Can Use Ex-Mistress’s Lawyers, Judge Rules
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John Edwards, the former Democratic presidential candidate charged with campaign-finance violations, won court permission to use his former mistress’s lawyers at his criminal trial, set to start next month.
Prosecutors objected to the participation of the lawyers, Alan Duncan and Allison Van Laningham, saying there could be a conflict of interest should Edwards’s former paramour, filmmaker Rielle Hunter, be called as a witness.