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During an emotional day at John Edwards' federal corruption trial in North Carolina on Monday, Cheri Young, the wife of former Edwards aide Andrew Young, broke down during her testimony as she detailed how the couple hid his affair with Rielle Hunter, Edwards' then-pregnant mistress, during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Cheri Young began to cry when she was asked why she went along with the plan—initiated by Edwards—to put Hunter up in their home in an effort to keep her from public view.

"As she began to weep," the Associated Press reported, "U.S.

District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles dismissed the jury to give her time to compose herself."

Edwards "sat back in his chair and put two fingers to his pursed lips," the AP said. "As Young dabbed her tears with a tissue, the former U.S.

senator glanced at his watch."

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