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Those choices could set the stage for a potentially riveting day oftestimony in Greensboro, North Carolina, the state where Edwardswon millions as a trial lawyer before being elected to the Senatein 1998. Jurors have listened to much about Hunter's role in the sex scandalthat contributed to Edwards' political downfall but have not heardfrom her directly during 17 days of trial testimony. Otherwitnesses described her quirky personality, high tastes and theirconcerns about her behavior around Edwards as he chased the 2008Democratic presidential nomination. Jurors have seen Edwards, 58, in the courtroom each day and alsowatched a national TV interview in which he admitted to having anaffair with Hunter but falsely denied fathering her baby. Talk of the possible upcoming witnesses capped hours of testimonyon Tuesday that focused largely on who received hundreds ofthousands of dollars from two wealthy Edwards supporters.

Prosecutors say Edwards directed his aide, Andrew Young, to seekmore than $900,000 from heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and Texastrial lawyer Fred Baron as part of a plot to keep the marriedpolitician's affair from destroying his campaign. Edwards insists he did not break the law. His attorneys argue hehad nothing to do with the payments, which they say were meant aspersonal gifts intended to keep his cancer-stricken wife,Elizabeth, from finding out about the ongoing affair and Hunter'spregnancy. Some of the donor money was used to pay for Hunter's living andmedical expenses, evidence has shown.

But a former FBI agent testifying for the defense presented adetailed financial analysis showing that Young - the key governmentwitness against Edwards - and his wife received more than $1million from Mellon and Baron. FOCUS ON KEY ISSUES Defense witnesses also spoke to key legal issues in the case,including what Edwards knew about the donor money and whether itqualifies as campaign contributions. Former Federal Election Commission Chairman Scott Thomas testifiedthat third-party payments used to cover personal expenses relatedto an affair had never come up as a matter of campaign finance lawin his 37 years of experience in that field. U.S.

District Judge Catherine Eagles, however, blocked Thomas fromtelling jurors his opinion that the payments from Mellon and Baronwere not campaign contributions. An Edwards confidante recalled that the former senator lookedsurprised when Mellon told him in 2008 that she had funneled moneyto Young. John Moylan, who worked on Edwards' 2004 and 2008 presidentialcampaigns, testified he believed his friend did not learn ofMellon's payments until a visit to her Virginia home in August2008. By then, Edwards had dropped out of the latter race andconfessed to an affair on TV.

"My impression was that we were both learning of that transactionfor the first time," said Moylan, who had accompanied Edwards onthe trip to Mellon's estate. According to Moylan, Edwards told the now 101-year-old woman,"Bunny, you should not be sending money to anyone." A prosecutor objected when Moylan said he still believes Young usedEdwards' name to get $725,000 from Mellon. Eagles sustained theobjection, meaning jurors are not to consider the statement asevidence. As it has for much of the trial, the defense on Tuesday portrayedYoung as a money-hungry liar. The aide, who was granted immunity inthe case, may be re-called to the stand before the end of thedefense case this week, Lowell said.

Elizabeth Nicholas, who worked with Young in Edwards' U.S. Senateoffice, said she found the aide to be dishonest. "He was not known for being truthful, and he was also known forkind of misrepresenting things," she said. (Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Cynthia Osterman andPhilip Barbara).

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