GREENSBORO, NC — A prescient piece of gossip published by The Post’s “Page Six” column was among the damning evidence federal prosecutors submitted to the court yesterday in its criminal case against philanderer and ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards.
“WHICH political candidate enjoys visiting New York because he has a girlfriend who lives downtown? The pol tells her he’ll marry her when his current wife is out of the picture,” the column asked in its Aug. 28, 2007, issue.
That first hint of Edwards’ sleazy affair with Rielle Hunter was entered into evidence as Exhibit Item No. 754 in the People v. John Edwards.
And the juicy nugget had Edwards and Hunter running scared, former campaign staffer Andrew Young testified.
“He was angry. He was worried. She had said several times she had close relationships with people in New York, in the media,” said Young.