Davis Turner / Reuters, file Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards makes a statement outside the U.S. District Court after pleading not guilty to six federal criminal felony charges in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in June 2011. 
 
 John Edwards’ defunct presidential campaign must repay the U.S. Treasury $2.1 million within 30 days, the Federal Election Commission said in a report released Friday. 
 
 The report says that in his pursuit of the 2008 campaign Democratic nomination, Edwards received a total of $ 12,882,878 in matching funds from the United States Treasury -- $2,136,507 more than his entitlement. 
 
 The commission rejected arguments made by Edwards’ lawyers who said that problems with the commission led to an incorrect finding on the amount of the entitlement. 
 
 "After careful consideration, the commission determines that none of these arguments has merit," the commissioners wrote in the document. 
 
 Lawyers for Edwards' campaign committee said they won't contest the commission's decision, according to a report on Philly.com. 
 
 "While the committee disagrees with the commission's determination, it will not pursue this matter further," said Patricia Fiori, one of the lawyers representing Edwards, according to the news site. 
 
 Edwards political career took a nosedive after 2008 revelations of an extramarital affair with Rielle Hunter, a campaign videographer who later gave birth to his child. 
 
 The FEC case is separate from a pending criminal trial, in which Edwards pleaded not guilty to charges of violating campaign-finance laws in a bid to cover up that affair. 
 
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 Follow US News on msnbc.com on Twitter and Facebook ||||| John Edwards' defunct presidential campaign has less than a month to pay back $2.1 million in public matching funds to the U.S. Treasury, according to a Federal Election Commission decision unsealed Friday that upheld the panel's earlier finding. 
 
 The commission batted aside a set of arguments made by lawyers representing Edwards. They contend that the money in question was properly used during the campaign, and that problems with the commission itself led to an incorrect finding that the former Democratic vice presidential nominee received more money than he was entitled to. 
 
 "After careful consideration, the commission determines that none of these arguments has merit," the commissioners wrote in the document, dated Tuesday. 
 
 Lawyers for Edwards' campaign committee maintain it was wrongly denied its full share of public funds during the campaign, but won't contest the commission's decision. 
 
 "While the committee disagrees with the commission's determination, it will not pursue this matter further," said Patricia Fiori, one of the lawyers representing Edwards' campaign committee in the case. "Doing so would involve the committee in a prolonged court challenge relating to a campaign that ended four years ago." 
 
 Edwards, who as Sen. John Kerry's running mate in 2004 narrowly lost that election to the Republican ticket, saw his political career collapse in 2008 after revelations of an extramarital affair with a campaign videographer. 
 
 The FEC case is separate from a pending criminal trial. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating campaign finance laws in a bid to cover up that affair with Rielle Hunter, who later gave birth to Edwards' child. 
 
 Despite the campaign ending more than four years ago, it has continued to spend money, reporting $836,712 in 2011 expenses that went to airfare, hotel rooms and other bills. 
 
 During the year or so between when his campaign was registered with the FEC and when he bowed out of the race, Edwards received more than $12.8 million in public matching funds, which the commission determined in July was an overpayment of more than $2.1 million. 
 
 The Edwards campaign reported that it had roughly $2.1 million in cash as of the end of last year.
– John Edwards owes the US Treasury a couple million dollars, and he has just 30 days to pay it. The Federal Election Commission announced yesterday that Edwards received $2.1 million too much in matching funds from the Treasury during his 2008 Democratic nomination campaign, MSNBC reports. The commission dismissed arguments from Edwards' lawyers, who claimed the commission was wrong in saying he had received more money than he should have, the AP reports. His matching funds total for 2008: $12.8 million. But while Team Edwards "disagrees with the commission's determination, it will not pursue this matter further," said an Edwards lawyer. One interesting tidbit: Edwards' campaign is still spending money despite having ended more than four years ago. Hotel rooms, air fares, and other bills cost the campaign $836,712 last year. Note that this ruling is separate from his pending criminal case, in which Edwards has pleaded not guilty to breaking campaign finance laws while hiding his affair with Rielle Hunter. (At least their sex tape is going to be destroyed.)