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former presidential candidate, john edwards. boil it all down, edwards won. prosecutors alleged he knowingly and willingly accepted $1 million from two wealthy donors to hide his mistress, rielle hunter. the jury deadlocked on the other five counts, including conspiracy, illegal con trib g contributions and making false statements. outside the courthouse, edwards, who had said virtually nothing except good morning during this trial spoke publicly. all i can say is thank goodness we live in the couldn t interest i that has the kind of system that we have. i think those jurors were exemplar for what jurors were supposed to do. they were very, very impressive. the second thing i want to say just a word about is responsibility. this is about me. 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 doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. there is no one else resp ....
Patrick fitzgeralfitzgerald, th attorney in chicago, would have another trial if there s no verdict on most of these counts? i do. i think he s devoted to this case and believes in this case and he has from the very beginning. as jeffrey says, it will depend on what the outcome is. if for example he gets acquitted on a couple of charges and its it s a mistrial to the rest, then he ll have some evaluated to go. if he can find out what the juror split on counts that there may be a mistrial on, that will also be instructed. 11-1 for acquittal he may make a decision to not go forward. i think patrick fitzgerald is committed to this case. we ll ask lisa bloom, jeffrey toobin ato stand by. ....