In April 2015, I discovered peculiarities in the campaign finance disclosures for state court judge John K. Edwards, Jr. These reports show that his campaign manager, William P. Langdale, III, directed contributions to the campaign in excess of statutory limits. Public records also indicate that Langdale served as chairman of the committee “Citizens to Re-Elect Judge John Kent Edwards, Jr.” Publicly-available documents indicate that Langdale obfuscated these contributions with incorrect and misleading addresses for six affiliated business entities. Through diligent examination of annual corporate registrations, it can be shown that Langdale was directly responsible for $8,000 of the first-week contributions and potentially $13,000 of total contributions. It is my conclusion and belief that such actions were designed to influence a sitting judge and create favorable venue for litigation by Langdale’s law firm.more ›
