Edwards aides testify in probe of payments to mistress(Siemens Transducer)
NEW: John Edwards' ex spokeswoman spent an hour in a federal court Thursday His former deputy campaign manager also testified before the grand jury Prosecutors are looking into whether Edwards' campaign illegally paid his mistressAfter long denying it, the ex VP nominee admitted to fathering a child with Rielle Hunter(CNN) Two of former presidential hopeful John Edwards' top aides testified Thursday to a federal grand jury looking into payments from the North Carolina Democrat's campaign to his one time mistress.Siemens Transducer Jonathan Prince, who was Edwards' deputy campaign manager during his unsuccessful 2008 presidential run, and then spokesman Jennifer Palmieri were called before the grand jury, two sources familiar with the case said.This comes amid the Justice Department's inve…