$2.1 million
Amount John Edwards owes taxpayers in public matching funds improperly received after he dropped his 2008 run for the White House, the AP reports. “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, cell phones and other expenses.”
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