here s what john edwards had to say after the trial. i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was ever doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. the federal government still has the option of a retrial, that doesn t seem very likely at this point. joining me to talk about all of that, senior legal analyst jeff toobin and david peril managing ed tord of radaronline.com and former editor-in-chief of the national enquirer which first broke the john edwards pregnancy scandal. jeff, are you surprised by this verdict? not at all. this was a weak, weak case, but john edwards was a deeply unappealing person to the jury, so you can see how the jury was pushed in different directions and i think in a way, a mostly hung jury is sort of appropriate resolution of this case because you wouldn t want to see john edwards given how he lived his life walking out of ther
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the willing scapegoat in the former senator s pregnancy scandal, holding on to that sex tape that was reportedly showing a scene with john edwards and this woman, rielle hunter. the judge sending a security officer, though, who is going to accompany andrew young as he goes to get the tape, and a few other items, apparently. edwards recently admitted to being the father of the baby seen in this picture, after first denying that claim. gregg: wow. martha: i mean, you lay down with dogs, you re going to get fleas. is that perhaps the gregg: it s a sad story. i feel sorry for john and elizabeth edwards children, they re going to know about it and martha: unfortunately the way you live your life is what your children have to end up living with. it s a sad story and i feel sorry for the family and everything that all of this has put them through, but man oh man, what a mess. gregg: it is a mess.