Полиция нравов и НКВД тут не причём, речь идёт об обмане избирателей и нарушении законов о выборах.
Прецедент по похожему делу был создан в 2011, когда обвинения были предъявлены Джону Эдвардсу, демократическому кандидату в вице-президенты в 2004 и неудавшемуся кандидату в президенты в 2008.
A federal grand jury indicted Edwards on spending more than $925,000 of campaign finds to hide his mistress and their baby during his 2008 campaign. The case USA vs. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements. The indictment said the payments were a scheme to protect Edwards' White House ambitions. "A centerpiece of Edwards' candidacy was his public image as a devoted family man," the indictment said. "Edwards knew that public revelation of the affair and the pregnancy would destroy his candidacy by, among other things, undermining Edwards' presentation of himself as a family man and by forcing his campaign to divert personnel and resources away from other campaign activities to respond to criticism and media scrutiny regarding the affair and pregnancy," the indictment added. The indictment and an arrest warrant were filed in Greensboro, N.C., which is in the district where his campaign was headquartered. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-edwards-indicted-campaign-fraud-194720
Суд присяжных не смог вынести приговора по предъявленным обвинениям, и Эдвардс отделался публичным позором и уходом из политики.
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Date: 2018-07-21 04:38 pm (UTC)Прецедент по похожему делу был создан в 2011, когда обвинения были предъявлены Джону Эдвардсу, демократическому кандидату в вице-президенты в 2004 и неудавшемуся кандидату в президенты в 2008.
A federal grand jury indicted Edwards on spending more than $925,000 of campaign finds to hide his mistress and their baby during his 2008 campaign.
The case USA vs. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements.
The indictment said the payments were a scheme to protect Edwards' White House ambitions. "A centerpiece of Edwards' candidacy was his public image as a devoted family man," the indictment said.
"Edwards knew that public revelation of the affair and the pregnancy would destroy his candidacy by, among other things, undermining Edwards' presentation of himself as a family man and by forcing his campaign to divert personnel and resources away from other campaign activities to respond to criticism and media scrutiny regarding the affair and pregnancy," the indictment added.
The indictment and an arrest warrant were filed in Greensboro, N.C., which is in the district where his campaign was headquartered.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-edwards-indicted-campaign-fraud-194720
Суд присяжных не смог вынести приговора по предъявленным обвинениям, и Эдвардс отделался публичным позором и уходом из политики.