Edwards Judge Bars Evidence Clearing Him on Mistress Money

Former presidential candidate John Edwards can’t present evidence at his trial on the Federal Election Commission’s ruling that money for his mistress didn’t constitute campaign donations, a judge said.

Edwards’s former campaign treasurer, Lora Haggard, told the federal judge presiding over the trial today outside the presence of the jury that the commission concluded in July that the funds from two wealthy donors “were not reportable contributions.”