CREW: DOJ: Amicus Brief In Support of Sen. John Edward's Motion to Dismiss Indictment

On September 21, 2011, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina for leave to file an amicus brief on behalf of former presidential candidate John Edwards (D-NC), seeking dismissal of the indictment against him. The former senator was indicted in on June 3, 2011 for alleged violations of campaign finance law. He filed several motions seeking dismissal of the case on September 6th. “In the U.S., we don’t prosecute people for being loathsome, we prosecute them for violating the law,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. “This case suggests some in the Department of Justice may have lost sight of this principle.”