kate s marriage. prosecutors charge that edwards requested, accepted, and received unlawful contributions, in order to hide his involvement in an extramarital affair, and thereby preserve the viability of his campaign to be president. no other candidate has ever been charged criminally with any case that even approximates this. reporter: ken gross, a former head of enforcement for the federal election commission and previously a consultant for edwards defense, argues the case goes beyond the law. none of that money was used for any campaign-related expense. no tv ads, no radio ads, to pay campaign workers or to otherwise advocate his election. reporter: the government says edwards broke the law by not reporting almost $1 million secretly provided by two supporters, which was used to hide his pregnant mistress, rielle hunter, in fancy homes and on private jets. i don t think it s that novel. reporter: former federal prosecutor dan boyce says the government has laid out a st
edwards defense arguing the case goes beyond the law. none of that money was used for any campaign-related expense. no tv ads, no radio ads, the paid campaign workers, otherwise advocate his election. reporter: the government says edwards broke the law by not reporting almost $1 million secretly provided by two supporters, which was used to hide his pregnant mistress rielle!h/t-9 hunter in fancy d on private jets. i don t think it s that novel. reporter: former federal prosecutor dan boyce says the government has laid out a strong case. the defense doesn t want the case to go to the jury. they re trying to get out of the case on a technicality. reporter: edwards insists he did not violate the law. he claims the case is politically motivated. he argues the republican u.s. attorney george holden filed the charges for political gain. just before announcing a run for congress. i m george holden, and i m running for congress. reporter: holden would not comment on the case
with five arguments as to why the indictment should be dismissed. it s a return to hard reality. just four days after the joyful celebration of his daughter s marriage. prosecutors charge that edwards requested, accepted and received unlawful contributions in order to hide his involvement in an extramarital affair, and therefore preserve the liability of his campaign to be president. no other candidate has been charged criminally with any case that even approximates this. reporter: ken gross, a former head of enforcement for the federal election commission, and previously a consultant for edwards defense, argues the case goes beyond the law. none of that money was used for any campaign related expense. no tv ads, no radio ads, to pay campaign workers or to otherwise advocate his election. reporter: the government says edwards broke the law by not reporting almost $1 million secretly provided by two supporters. which was used to hide his pregnant mistress, rielle
and that it s going beyond the law. i just wanted to give you a chance to respond to that. well, it s beyond what they d like the agency to do and beyond what they think the law should allow them to do. but under the clean air act, the supreme court, on a 5-4 basis, said that if carbon pollution is a danger to public health and the environment, epa has to look at it and if they find it s a serious problem, they look at the science and there is an endangerment, then they must regulate. the epa did a study, they talked to the scientists, and they found this endangerment from carbon pollution, and they re trying to regulate it in a reasonable way. but the republicans, i hate to say republicans alone, because it shouldn t be partisan, but as it turns out, that s the way in our committee, they want to stop the epa from regulating. they say it s improper though supreme court decisions elected president bush, supreme court decisions on 5-4 allowed
in fact, a number of countries, germany, france, great britain said iran s actions are reprehensible, very strong language from the iaea which issued a report saying the inspectors cannot get access to the nuclear sites that they need to see. why is iran not letting the experienced inspectors who know this weapons area so well. why is iran not letting these inspectors in? translator: if the iaea does everything according to the law, we will cooperate. if they are going to go beyond the law, it is not acceptable to us. but i m going to ask a question here, if we, one of the allies of the united states should be treated the same way by the