Former presidential candidate John Edwards was found not guilty on one of six campaign fraud charges today.

Former US senator John Edwards has gone on trial on charges he used illegal campaign contributions to cover up an affair with a mistress who became pregnant during his failed bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

A FEDERAL grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards yesterday over $925,000 (€634,117) spent to keep his mistress and their baby in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House.