The lawyer for Edwards is off-base in accusing the website DNAinfo of defamation and demanding retraction. The story cites a statement filed by the call girl with the DA’s office, and the reporter is entitled to report on that claim. Moreover, the investigative reporter, Murray Weiss, who broke the Anna Gristina story in the beginning, is very well-respected and has great sources.
This is what leftists do. It doesn't matter that the website is simply reporting what was said to authorities, and it doesn't matter whether the information is true or false. All that matters is defending their guy, because he's one of Them. (For "leftists" above, you could substitute "lawyers" with the same result ;-).
If I'm surprised at anything, it's that John Edwards still gets any support even from leftists. He's such a loser, such an embarassment ... and he's white.
Given his history, who can honestly doubt that Edwards had sex with hookers? we have here a man that cheated on his wife while she was was dieing of cancer while simultaneously using her to garner sympathy from voters during a presidential election and then used money raised from that sympathy to try to pay off the mistress. These are the actions of a man without ethical or moral constraints. Having sex with hookers is like having a glass of wine to people like that. It’s just normal behavior.