Ex-Staffer’s Wife Says Edwards Knew

Cheri Young, the wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards, testified that the former presidential candidate “asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors’ money to do it,” the AP reports.

On a phone call, Edwards “emphasized the need to preserve his campaign and keep the affair from his wife, Elizabeth” and made the plan sound “as if it was for the good of the country.”