[Piers Morgan, Cnn:] Tonight, how the mighty have fallen. John Edwards' corruption trial. Can his daughter save him the former presidential candidate from a prison seasons? I'll ask the always fiery Dan Abrams and Gloria Allred. Plus a primetime exclusive. Jane Lynch gets personal.
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[Morgan:] An inspiring story of how he got clean and sober all over again. Plus "Only in America." Trading a mop and pail for a cap and gown. This is PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT. Good evening. We'll get to the big John Edwards story in just a moment. But I'll start with another big story. Dan Abrams is here with more on the news that ABC broke this evening. Dramatic new developments in the Trayvon Martin case. Information that could, I repeat could, support George Zimmerman's claims of injuries he received on the night. Dan Abrams is here. Dan, tell me about this quite dramatic new evidence ABC's unearthed. Tell me about it.
[Dan Abrams, Abc News Legal Analyst:] That's right. ABC's Matt Gutman has seen the medical records now of George Zimmerman's own doctor. And the doctor's records indicate that George Zimmerman appeared to have a broken nose, had lacerations on his head. Just as many of his supporters have been alleging now for many months. The problem, of course, for George Zimmerman is this doesn't necessarily clear him. It doesn't necessarily mean he's going to win. Because the question still remains who started the altercation?
[Morgan:] Yes. Isn't that the key question?
[Abrams:] It's absolutely the key. You can't start a fight, start losing the fight, and then use deadly force. That's not the way it works.
[Morgan:] When did this doctor it's George Zimmerman's own doctor.
[Abrams:] That's right.
[Morgan:] So he knew him.
[Abrams:] Yes.
[Morgan:] When do we think he treated him?
[Abrams:] It was this record is from the next morning. So it appears this is very shortly thereafter. The doctor in the records talks about the possibility that there'll black eyes because of the injuries, et cetera. So it seems that according to this doctor, there clearly were injuries that George Zimmerman endured. But, again, I think that there's still a lot of questions that are going to have to be answered in connection with this case.
[Morgan:] There certainly are, but it's certainly a fascinating development on that. I'm sure there'll be others. Now I want to get to our other big story, the corruption trial against John Edwards. Now today the explosive and emotional testimony, the defense could rest as early as tomorrow. The former presidential candidate is accused of using campaign money to hide his mistress and their daughter. CNN's Joe Johns joins us now from Greensboro, North Carolina. Joe, bring me up to speed on exactly where we are right now.
[Joe Johns, Cnn Senior Correspondent:] Well, I think you would call this follow the money day, if anything, Piers. This was a day where they put an FBI agent on the stand, the defense did. And he really just sort of tracked that $1 million in hush money that went ostensibly to cover up this affair. What we found was a lot more of that money ended up going to the handlers of the mistress as opposed to the mistress herself. But the real action probably was behind the scenes. And the talk by the defense that they might throw in the kitchen sink at the end of the trial, put John Edwards himself on the stand. Even possibly the mistress Rielle Hunter, though we think that's a lot less likely. At the end of the day it keeps the prosecution guessing and it leaves us speculating as whether there's some disagreement on the defense team about whether it'd be a good idea to put John Edwards on the stand for just sort of shut this thing down and let it go away Piers.
[Morgan:] And what about his daughter Cate? There is a growing sense that she may testify tomorrow. Is that likely, do we think?
[Johns:] We do think that's likely. And for a couple of reasons. First, she could certainly humanize John Edwards. He's really had his reputation taken through the mud during the prosecution case. There's also the substantive piece of that. She could testify about what her late mother was saying about this relationship. Whether her late mother was the one who was very concerned about keeping so much information about the affair from moving from the tabloids into the mainstream media as has been suggested by some others. Because at the end of the day, that takes you to the question of whether the intent was with John Edwards to try to maintain his political career or Elizabeth Edwards' intent was to protect her family.
[Morgan:] It certainly does. Joe Johns, fascinating. It's going to be a gripping day tomorrow in that case whatever happens. Thanks for joining me. Joining me now is victims rights attorney Gloria Allred and still with me, ABC News legal analyst, Dan Abrams. Dan, let me start with you. What is your reaction to this whole case now given everywhere we've gone with it? Tomorrow obviously may be the day the defense rests. Is it likely they're going to chuck a hail Mary pass?
[Abrams:] There's no way.
[Morgan:] Bringing in John Edwards
[Abrams:] No way. No way. They can't do it. The defense here is that, in effect, John Edwards is a scoundrel and a liar, but he's not a criminal. The notion that they're going to call that scoundrel and liar to the witness stand to try to convince the jurors of something to me seems to be beyond a long shot. It's interesting because many of the facts in this case aren't in dispute. Both sides seem to agree about where the money went, that it didn't go through the campaign coffers, who got it, who were the middle people, et cetera. The ultimate question in this case is getting into John Edwards' head.
[Morgan:] Gloria, if you are prosecuting this, given everything you've seen to date, would you be pretty confident of a conviction now?
[Gloria Allred, Victims' Rights Attorney:] Well, I would always appear confident whether or not I was confident. Obviously there is room for doubt. There are substantial questions that are raised. The issue is what did he know and when did he know it. Did he know there was a scheme? Did he know that he was violating the law? I agree with Dan. I think it's highly unlikely that he's going to testify. I think it's highly unlikely also that Rielle Hunter will testify. But I do think it will be a smart move to call his daughter Cate. And she has strong bonds and strong feelings about her dad as she did also for her mom.
[Morgan:] And the reason to do that is to try and humanize John Edwards, presumably, who has taken a hell of a shellacking in the media and amongst public opinion, getting his daughter on the stand, perhaps getting emotional, supporting the father who we know indisputably was a liar and a cheat, but may not have been a crook, could be fundamental to swaying opinion of that.
[Allred:] I do think that that would be important. But she also may have been privy to some conversations that she will testify to. But also, it may be that she's going to be able to get in. That John Edwards was there for her mother as her mother was dying. And that they are a family. There's still two young children at home, 14 and I think 12. And you know this would she won't say it, but it would be clear if he went to prison, it'd be leaving these two young children without either parent to care for them.
[Morgan:] Yes, Dan?
[Abrams:] Kind of a no lose situation for the defense to be able to call Cate Edwards. As long as they can demonstration that there's a reason to call her, meaning she heard some conversations, she knows something she can only help here. When you ask most legal analysts about this case, they don't know what to tell you about the outcome, about which way the jury is going to go. Because it is a kind of complicated question as to, will they be able to demonstrate what was in Edwards' head when most of the facts are not in dispute?
[Morgan:] I mean, Gloria, the stakes are very high here. John Edwards faces six criminal charges. If he's convicted on all six, he could get up to 30 years in prison and a very heavy fine, which is kind of inconsequential, I would imagine, to him. It's the prison sentence. This is a man who was potentially going to be president, now facing a very lengthy, possibly life-ending prison sentence. This couldn't be a higher stakes for John Edwards, could it?
[Allred:] Couldn't be higher stakes unless of course the death penalty were involved which of course it's not involved in this case. But I mean he's been humiliated, he's been embarrassed. But the question is, did he violate the law? And that really is a significant question. It's interesting that the judge didn't think it was a complicated issue of law, although the defense argues with that and argued that it would be reversible for the expert not to have been able to give all of the testimony about the law and the fact that the FEC did not find it was a campaign contribution. And that in fact there are other cases in which they also found that a payment to a mistress was not a campaign contribution. So it's going to be interesting. He does have a lot at stake and that's why we're all watching it.
[Morgan:] Dan?
[Abrams:] Bottom line, this is a really unusual use of the law. It's almost never been used in this way as it's being used against John Edwards. And so
[Morgan:] Hence the unpredictability of that
[Abrams:] That's right. And hence, in a way, John Edwards' best argument is, I never should have been prosecuted at all. But once it gets into the jury's hands, that's why it's tough to know. Because once you start saying that private donations can be considered campaign contributions, even if they didn't go through the John Edwards for President fund, where does the line get drawn?
[Morgan:] Yes.
[Abrams:] When do you start when do you stop that process? So this is what makes this such a tough case, such a unique case, and I think so frustrating to the Edwards defense team.
[Morgan:] And Gloria, in terms of John Edwards himself and how he's come over just by his presence in court, there's always been a sense of him appearing to be quite an arrogant man. They clearly would have read all the headlines before regardless of whatever they may say, they have an impression of him. How will that count against him? I mean, you know juries better than most people. Do they get swayed heavily by a man's demeanor?
[Allred:] I think absolutely. Jurors watch every movement of a defendant while he is in court. They even look at what he's wearing as well as what the attorneys are wearing. And is he smiling? Is he appropriate in his demeanor as witnesses are testifying? Is he making notes? Is he not making notes? They look at everything. And who he's relating to. Sometimes it's important to them as well. So I know that he, as an experienced trial attorney, is aware of what jurors may be thinking. And even if they should not be taking certain things into account, they will be. And so that's always going to be a factor as far as John Edwards is concerned.
[Abrams:] And he probably he probably wants to testify, too.
[Morgan:] Yes.
[Abrams:] He probably as an experienced trial lawyer the way he is, you can imagine that he's thinking to himself I've got to get up there and tell them the story myself. But he's also got to know how dangerous that would be and all the reasons why it doesn't make sense for him to do it.
[Morgan:] Well, they may even, as we speak, be locked in a room deciding whether to
[Abrams:] I don't believe that. I think if they're locked in a room, they're locking it they've locked John Edwards in a room and told him you cannot testify, you cannot leave. We will not let you out. Because if you're his lawyer, you lock him if he's insisting on testifying, lock him up in that room. Don't let him out. Do not let him testify. In my view.
[Morgan:] It's going to be a fascinating day.
[Allred:] I agree. I'm sure that yes, I'm sure that Abby Lowell knows better than to let John Edwards testify.
[Morgan:] Yes. Keep John Edwards quiet, seems to be the order of the day. Gloria, Dan, thank you both very much. It's going to be a gripping day tomorrow. Next, I don't know what you know about Jane Lynch or what you think you know about her. I discovered quite a lot that I find pretty surprising.