John Edwards, the former US senator who admitted he had extra-marital affairs is being charged with six counts of felony for violating campaign finance laws. He reportedly used campaign funds, amounting to $925k, to hide his then pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter. Edwards who recently lost his estranged wife, Elizabeth Edwards to cancer maintains that he did not use the part of his campaign funds for the said reason and he did not violate any law. During his campaign, Edwards was made to appear as a devoted husband and father. Hunter, who was then hired to shoot footage of behind- the-scenes events in Edwards’ life, claimed that her relationship with the former senator began 6 months prior to the filming of the documentary. Edwards initially denied having an affair with Hunter but eventually came clean about it when more and more evidence surfaced supporting the reports. He also said he wasn’t the father of Hunter’s child whom she gave birth to in 2008 but also admitted otherwise shortly after.