John Edwards Caught In Affair
Posted on July 22, 2008
Written by Susan Duclos. Crossposted with permission.
Disclaimer- I have never particularly trusted stories in the NATIONAL ENQUIRER but once in a while they do get things right and there is so much detail to this story that it should be easy to prove or disprove.
So, with a grain of salt added, here is the run down.
The NATIONAL ENQUIRER got wind of a meeting that was going to occur, watched Edwards enter the Beverly Hilton hotel where blonde divorcée Rielle Hunter was staying on July 21, 2008,then saw the couple leave, return, and the reporters waited for Edwards to depart and greeted him.
They say he actually hid in the bathroom until hotel security helped escort him out.
They produce pictures and there will be no way he can get out of this one.
The NATIONAL ENQUIRER learned ahead of time that one such meeting was set for yesterday.
At 9:45 p.m. (PST) Monday, Edwards appeared at the hotel, and was dropped off at a side entrance. NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporter Alan Butterfield witnessed the ex-senator get out of a BMW driven by a male companion and stroll into the hotel.
Said Butterfield: “Edwards was not carrying anything. He walked in alone. He was wearing a blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was looking around nervously before he entered the hotel.
“Once inside, he interestingly bypassed the lobby and ducked down a side stairs to go to the bottom floor to catch the elevator up – rather than taking the elevator in the main lobby. He went out of his way not to be seen.”
Meanwhile, Rielle had reserved rooms 246 and 252 under the name of the friend who had accompanied her from Santa Barbara, Bob McGovern. Rielle was in one room and McGovern was in another with her baby. This allowed her and Edwards to spend time alone, a source revealed.
Edwards went out of the hotel briefly with Rielle, they were observed by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER and then went back to her room, where he stayed until attempting to sneak out of the hotel unseen at 2:40 a.m. (PST). But when he emerged alone from an elevator into the hotel basement he was greeted by several reporters from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
Senior NATIONAL ENQUIRER Reporter Alexander Hitchen asked Edwards why he was visiting Rielle and whether he was ready to confirm that he was the father of her baby.
Shocked to see a reporter, and without saying anything, Edwards ran up the stairs leading from the hotel basement to the lobby. But, spotting a photographer, he doubled back into the basement. As he emerged from the stairwell, reporter Butterfield questioned him about his hookup with Rielle.
Edwards did not answer and then ran into a nearby restroom. He stayed inside for about 15 minutes, refusing to answer questions from the NATIONAL ENQUIRER about what he was doing in the hotel. A group of hotel security men eventually escorted him from the men’s room, while preventing the NATIONAL ENQUIRER reporters from following him out of the hotel.
They have more, read it for yourself.
I am waiting for picture proof or witnesses to speak up, but if this can be proven, or if they have photo evidence, then that rumor that he is on the Obama VP short list, just blew up and that list just got shorter.
Pajamas Media says they also had wind of the story but didn’t have proof enough to publish, then they make this point.
Oh, one last thing, for those of you who says it’s The National Enquirer, how do we know it’s true? I suggest you Google the “National Enquirer and OJ Simpson.” They broke most of the important stories on that case. In general, these days they’re vastly more reliable than The New York Times.
That is a good point.
The Corner also notes that it was the Enquirer that broke the Limbaugh story long ago.
Update: Heh
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Well chalk him up w/ all of the other hypocritical government liars like Larry Craig.
Alan Butterfield is the Enquirer reporter claiming to have witnessed Edwards in the hotel for a rendezvous with his alleged mistress.
“For those unfamiliar, Butterfield is a reporter for the National Enquirer-yes, the supermarket tabloid-and is the one who “broke” the gay sex-ring story about Ed Smart and several of his brothers. The story was based on information obtained from unnamed sources. Later it became known that some unnamed sources were paid $10,000 each. In the end, the information proved to be false and two reporters, Kevin Cantera and Michael Vigh of The Salt Lake Tribune, were fired due to their involvement in the fiasco.”
‘Academic freedom, The National Enquirer and U’
from The Daily Utah Chronicle, 10/23/03
I would have to guess this was all a hoax, Story was listed on drudge at 7:00 Am eastern time, shortly after the story is gone and cant be found. Could it be that the drudge jumped in without checking the source ????
It doesn’t matter one bit. As long as you have a D next to your name. You are not accountable to anyone. Period.
He could be caught fondling baby boys and having his mistress fist him at the same time and the media will bury it. Just like this story.
Demorats don’t have to worry about sexual infidelity or rude behaviour.
Maybe he ran into Larry Craig in the bathroom.
It makes no difference, as long as he is not running for office, or seeking a cabinet appointment, or supreme court appointment. If he stays in the private sector, which he should, the matter is between him and his (extended) family.
True or not I lose no respect for John Edwards. It’s impossible to lose something you never had!
why no pictures? the enquirer was staking it out, saw them LEAVE the hotel together, caught him the the lobby and have NO PHOTOS?
1) who really cares? hes’ not running
2) let’s say we do care. they better have pictures. mayb ehtey are waiting for him to say ‘i wasn’t there’ and then they will produce them.
he should not address it and if anyone asks he should say “i don’t read the enquirer. i won’t comment. i can’t help you.”
that’ll take 19 brillaint minds about a billion dollars to figure out.
Let me get this straight he goes into the hotel all stealth like alone, to re-emerge with his alleged lover to parade outside the hotel, all the while reporters are milling about.The couple return together to the hotel but then later the next morning he skulks away alone. Oh yeah that makes total sense, especially at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Los Angeles the mother ship of papparazzi. Oh yeah this is real credible…not!
So…. How many days have passed and: no photos, no witnesseses, no coverage in any major news outlets. Gee….. Almost makes me wonder if the story I heard about a homosexual affair between John McCain and Dick Cheney might not be true. Or even the one about Karl Rove performing blood sacrifices to Satan using Girl Scouts in the White House sub-basement. Or the one about……