Friday, September 05, 2014

Former Governor of Virginia Bob McDonnell Convicted on 11 Counts of Corruption

NEWSWEEK


A jury today found former Virginia governor Robert J. McDonnell and his wife Maureen guilty of public corruption. The jury found that the McDonnells accepted $170,000 in gifts and bribes from Jonnie Williams, the CEO of a dietary supplement company in exchange for favors, NBC News reports.
Among the gifts Bob and Maureen McDonnell received from Williams were clothes worth $20,000 for Maureen, an engraved Rolex watch for the former governor, and a $15,000 wedding reception for the couple's daughter. The former governor, a Republican, was also treated to vacations. It was on one of those vacations that the McDonnells were photographed behind the wheel of a Ferrari belonging to Williams...................................

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