Edwards’ ’08 campaign owes taxpayers and is still spending money! Scam Busted?

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I would like an explanation as to how it is even possible to milk taxpayers for campaign money after an election is decided. Seems like a very convenient loophole don’t you think?

Is this why so many people who have no chance of winning get in the race? Free money?

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RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal election officials say John Edwards owes taxpayers more than $2.1 million in public matching funds improperly received after he dropped his 2008 run for the White House, yet disclosure reports show his failed campaign is still spending freely.

Edwards’ hopes for the Democratic presidential nomination imploded in a sex scandal four years ago that left him facing criminal charges. But reports filed last week show his 2008 primary campaign spent $836,712 in 2011 on airfare, hotel rooms, cellphones and other expenses.

The campaign reported $2.1 million in cash remaining as of Dec. 31, a figure close to what the Federal Election Commission says the former North Carolina senator still owes the U.S. Treasury.

Patricia A. Fiori, one of four lawyers working for Edwards in the FEC case, said this week she could not comment, referring questions to the campaign.

Attempts by The Associated Press to find anyone who could comment for the campaign were unsuccessful. A phone number Fiori provided to contact the campaign rang busy for days, even at midnight.

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