Jury reaches verdict in John Edwards trial (5 p.m. upate) — Transcript

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1. 0:00stories good evening I'm Sam Brock I'm
2. 0:02Stephanie Roshan the jury has reached a
3. 0:04decision in the trial of former
4. 0:05political candidate former presidential
5. 0:07candidate I should say John Edwards Bill
6. 0:10Fitzgerald is live in The Newsroom with
7. 0:11an update Bill well step after nine days
8. 0:14of deliberations a jury's found John
9. 0:16Edwards not guilty on one count of
10. 0:18campaign Finance corruption and
11. 0:20deadlocked on the other five counts so
12. 0:22the judge declared a mistrial on those
13. 0:24five counts the former North Carolina
14. 0:26Senator and two-time presidential
15. 0:28candidate was indicted last June for
16. 0:30allegedly using nearly a million dollars
17. 0:32from wealthy donors to hide his mistress
18. 0:34and her eventual pregnancy during the
19. 0:362008 presidential campaign that's
20. 0:39Edward's daughter Kate you see there on
21. 0:40the left Edward's campaign never listed
22. 0:42the more than $900,000 and prosecutors
23. 0:45say the money amounted to an illegal
24. 0:47campaign contribution because it was
25. 0:48supposed to protect his candidacy
26. 0:50neither Edwards his mistress real Hunter
27. 0:53nor Edwards daughter Kate took the stand
28. 0:55and prosecutors have not said what they
29. 0:57plan to do about the five counts that
30. 0:59result Ed in the mistrial now ahead at
31. 1:015:30 we'll have more on the Edwards case
32. 1:03including analysis from our legal expert
33. 1:06Todd Stone Steph thank