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Among the revelations in Andrew Young’s new book about John Edwards is that once the whole sordid truth about Edwards and Rielle Hunter emerged, Bill Clinton “called the senator and said, in effect, ‘How’d you get caught?’ ” It’s not a surprising question, given the source. But the better question may be how Edwards got away with it for so long.

Mellon would pay her interior decorator, who would pass the money along to Young. Funnel money. When Edwards started paying Hunter’s living expenses, the money came from the nonagenarian philanthropist Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon, who didn’t ask any questions about where the cash was going. The cash would be concealed in boxes of chocolates.

(Hunter has now filed for a restraining order to keep Young from releasing it.). Elizabeth spent days going through the footage Hunter shot for the never-aired “Webisodes” of the Edwards campaign, searching for evidence of cheating. Seriously, destroy all evidence. Allegedly. However, she was never able to find the tapes shot at the Edwards house while she was away. Young and his wife later allegedly found a half-destroyed tape, allegedly shot by Hunter, of her and the senator allegedly having sex.

Hunter was a noticeable presence on the trail, according to Young. She dressed in bright colors, talked loudly, and flirted constantly. Choose a discreet lover. “I think she wanted to get caught,” Young writes. She spoke to “close friends” about their affair, but trusted them because of their “spiritual connection.” She recounted their sexual exploits to Young and his wife. She even talked to Newsweek’s Jonathan Darman about having an affair with a powerful man whom she wouldn’t name. (Darman knew she worked with the Edwards campaign.) When rumors of the affair started circulating, she continued to risk getting spotted in hotel lobbies and grocery stores.

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