A man who was one of former Sen. John Edwards’ closest aides has a deal to write a book claiming that Edwards promised him to “take care of you for life” in return for falsely claiming he was the father of the baby carried by Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter.
The aide, Andrew Young, sold his book proposal to St. Martin’s Press for an undisclosed price late last week. In his proposal, Young quotes Edwards, a Democrat who was his party’s vice-presidential nominee in 2004 and ran for president last year, as begging him to confess to fathering Hunter’s baby.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether any of Edwards’ campaign money was used improperly with regard to his affair or efforts to keep it from becoming public.
Edwards has issued statements saying he is confident his campaign acted properly.
