86 WITH A 35 YEAR OLD WIFE, JUST OUT OF PRISON AND READY TO RUN FOR CONGRESS. nytimes/2014/03/18/us/former-louisiana-governor-86-announces-run-for-congress.html?hp “Iacta alea est,” Mr. Edwards said, after describing how Julius Caesar came to the rescue of the unhappy citizens of Rome. “The die is cast. Today I cross the Rubicon.” The announcement, delivered at a gathering of the Baton Rouge Press Club, did not come with Caesar’s element of surprise. When Mr. Edwards entered the conference room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino and Hotel, leading his 35-year-old wife, Trina, and pushing his 7-month-old son, Eli, in a stroller, a large crowd was waiting with camera phones at the ready. At the lectern, Mr. Edwards, who was released from prison in 2011, raised and rebutted various reasons he should not run, from his age to his criminal record. On the latter point he did not explicitly maintain his innocence, but forcefully questioned the propriety of his conviction in 2000 on federal charges of extortion in connection with the distribution of casino licenses.
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