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The wife of a former campaign aide for John Edwards takes the stand Monday in a federal court in North Carolina where she is expected to detail her role in helping conceal the one-time Democratic presidential hopeful's affair with a videographer.

Opposing lawyers in the John Edwards trial wrangled with a judge over whether to admit into evidence a sex tape of the former presidential candidate and allegations of an affair involving an ex-aide who ended a week on the witness stand Friday....

A former campaign aide of John Edwards will face more questions Thursday, a day after he was quizzed about his motives and asked whether he made up stories about how Edwards allegedly concealed contributions from campaign donors.

Under questioning by prosecutors, Andrew Young painted a vivid portrait of the frantic final months of a cover-up that ended John Edwards’s political career.

Andrew Young was once much more than an aide to John Edwards.

FILE - In an Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, former U.S. Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards, left, speaks to the media with attorney Abbe Lowell, right, as he leaves the federal court in Greensboro, N.C.