After a two-year grand jury investigation into former presidential candidate John Edwards, federal prosecutors are reviewing the final evidence in what they believe is a strong case against the former Senator from North Carolina, NBC News reports.Federal prosecutors haven’t gotten the go-ahead from the Justice Department to charge Edwards, but they’re examining whether he violated election laws when he tried to cover up his affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter. Hunter and Edwards eventually had a child together — who then-aide Andrew Young originally claimed to have fathered — while Edwards was married.
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