Sam Stein has emails that already reveal one seemingly false assertion in Edwards’ Modified Limited New Story–namely his claim that his "short" affair with Hunter didn’t begin until after she began work as a campaign filmmaker in mid-2006:
Edwards and Hunter initially met each other sometime during the winter of 2006 (either late December 2005 or early January) in a hotel restaurant in midtown Manhattan. It would be another seven months before Edwards would first pay her for the documentary work. As Woodruff rightfully noted, the initial check cut to Hunter’s film company was written on July 5, 2006, for the cost of $12,500.
What happened in between that winter meeting and the start of filming? Emails sent by Hunter suggest that her romance with Edwards was in full bloom that spring. In early April, Hunter wrote about a trip she had taken to North Carolina to see the man whom she affectionately referred to as "my love lips."
A week later she wrote another email in which she described the mental anguish of "being in love with a (still somewhat dysfunctional) married man."
Rather than Edwards having a fling with a staffer, Stein speculates, "Edwards hired her as a front to continue their relationship." … But it’s not true that Hunter had no filmmaking experience prior to being hired. She was actress, writer and producer for Billy Bob and Them! …
P.S.: Hunter’s lawyer has issued a statement saying she will not "participate in DNA testing" of her daughter. Convenient! No doubt some of Edwards’ rich friends will now send her tens of thousands of dollars behind his back to try to persuade her to agree to the test and clear John’s name (by validating Story #2’s central claim that he is not the father). … Wouldn’t Hunter’s statement seem a little more authentic if it wasn’t PR’ed to an inch of its life to mesh with the Edwards anti-tab talking points? ("Rielle is a private individual. She is not running for public office.")
P.P.S.: According to WaPo, Enquirer editor David Perel explicitly says there were two meetings at the Hilton, not just one. … More to explain!
