what dirty secrets did andrew young air about the john edwards affair?”
On the heels of John Edwards’ admission of fathering an out of wedlock child with his former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter, ABC News has released an excerpt of an interview with former Edwards aide Andrew Young, whom Edwards convinced to falsely claim paternity of the child in an effort to keep his own infidelity a secret. One of the sordid details Young relates is that Edwards asked him to steal one of the child’s diapers so he could conduct his own paternity test: “Get a doctor to fake the DNA results,” Young said Edwards told him. “And he asked me …
Andrew Young lashed out at the former presidential candidate in an exclusive interview with ABC News hours after Edwards released a statement admitting he was the father of mistress Rielle Hunter’s nearly 2-year-old toddler. “I think those were words, empty words,” Young told ABC News. “If that is what he wanted to say, he should have said it two years ago. And there has been plenty of time…Now I think it’s just a PR campaign.” Edwards’ confession comes two weeks before a book by Young detailing his account of the Edwards sex scandal will be released. “The Politician” will hit store shelves Jan. 30. Family friend and lawyer Harrison Hickman told ABC News that Edwards made his announcement today because the arrangements for child support were just finalized in the last few days. In an earlier interview with ABC News that will air Friday, Jan. 29, Young also claims that it was Edwards who proposed an elaborate cover-up in a failed attempt to hide the fact that he fathered a baby girl w
