325: Charles Stuber – John Edwards, Campaign Finance Violations
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 96 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 325 of FBI retired case file review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you |
| 0:17.2 | who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. |
| 0:25.6 | Today we get to speak to once again Charles Chuck Stuber who served in the FBI for 28 years. In this episode, he reviews his investigation of John Edwards, the former North Carolina United States Senator, and two-time presidential |
| 0:46.0 | candidate who faced charges for an alleged campaign finance law violation during |
| 0:52.1 | his 2008 run for the White House. The accusation was that |
| 0:57.9 | John Edwards used political donations to conceal from the public an ongoing extramarital affair which had resulted in pregnancy. |
| 1:08.7 | The accusations were dramatic, but the investigation in trial had an unexpected outcome. |
| 1:15.0 | Chuck Stubber's first FBI assignment was to the Denver FBI office where he worked |
| 1:21.5 | white-collar crime, violent crime, fugitives, and joined SWAT. |
| 1:26.7 | After a transfer to the Washington Field Office, WFO, Chuck was assigned to the U.S. House of Representatives Bank Task Force, investigating |
| 1:37.4 | members of Congress for misusing their accounts at the House Bank. |
| 1:42.0 | Chuck received an Attorney General Distinguished Service Award for his work. |
| 1:47.0 | Based on his successes, Chuck received a specialty transfer to the Charlotte FBI division Raleigh resident agency to start a public |
| 1:57.7 | corruption program. While assigned to the Raleigh R.A. Chuck investigated and prosecuted numerous public officials, |
| 2:07.0 | including U.S. Congressman Frank Balance, |
| 2:10.0 | North Carolina District Court Judge Gary Balance, North Carolina District Court Judge Gary Balance, |
| 2:14.0 | North Carolina House of Representatives member Mike Decker, |
| 2:18.0 | North Carolina Governor Mike Eesley, |
| 2:21.0 | and as he reviewed in episode 253 North Carolina Speaker Jim Black as well as John Edwards the subject of the investigation we're reviewing today. |
| 2:34.4 | Chuck was also a hostage negotiator in the Charlotte division and was involved in several cases |
| 2:40.4 | resulting in the release of hostages and kidnap victims. |
| 2:44.0 | Chuck currently is a partner with SRS Consulting Services, LLC, |
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