they're trying to establish that edwards had no knowledge that some of mellon's money was being used to hide his extramarital affair with rielle hunter. jonathan serrie, live in greene borough, north carolina for us now. jonathan, what are we learning from this lawyer? >> reporter: the lawyer you're talking about, jon, is alex forger, he, of course, the estate lawyer for rachel bunny mellon who over the course of these events funneled more than $700,000 to andrew young, an aide that was working for edwards at the time. after news of edwards' affair broke, forger said he became suspicious and wondered whether his client's money was being used to hide rielle hunter. he called fred bayon who assured him that baron himself had covered all of hunter's expenses. according to forger, baron said this sounded like a scam, perpetuated by andrew young. end quote. now, all of this raises questions whether the money that was coming from baron and mellon were part of the same alleged scheme as the