The Edwardses are called before grand juries and the U.S. House Ethics Committee, but no charges are filed. F.B.I. agents investigate awarding fo state contracts. A top aide is convicted of bribery, but conviction is later overturned. Edwards is not indicted. Indicted and tried on charges of brokering hospital and nursing home permits.
Trial ends in hung jury.
Indicted in gambling corruption case involving riverfront casino licenses, along with son Stephen and five others. Indicted in a failed insurance company case with four others, including state insurance commissioner. He faces trial in June. His son Stephen is also convicted.