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This week was dominated by the questions regarding the sentencing of political operative Roger Stone. Last January, he was subjected to a pre-dawn raid by federal officials carrying assault rifles. Somehow, CNN was informed about the raid and their cameras captured the dramatic footage of agents entering home and arresting Stone.

John R. Edwards and Donald J. Trump—what do these two men have in common?

Remember John R. Edwards?  He was a North Carolina US Senator who twice ran for US President and  who Kerry chose as his 2004 running mate. He is the man whose career blew up during his presidential run in 2008 after an affair was exposed while his wife suffered from cancer?  The Department of Justice indicted him for his role because of payment of hush money to his mistress was claimed to be an illegal campaign contribution.