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Jury begins deliberations in corruption trial of Virginia ex-governor
Reuters ^ | Tue Sep 2, 2014 4:44pm EDT | Gary Robertson

Posted on 09/02/2014 1:52:35 PM PDT by WhiskeyX

(Reuters) - Jury deliberations started on Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, who are charged with taking sweetheart loans and lavish gifts from a businessman.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: governor; robertmcdonnell; virginia

1 posted on 09/02/2014 1:52:35 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

What an embarrassment this guy turned out to be.

It seems he and his wife got in trouble by living way beyond their means. And the wife...by all accounts, she’s a shrew.

I imagine they’ll be divorced after the trial is over.


2 posted on 09/02/2014 2:05:46 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: WhiskeyX

Well, it can be ass-umed he is a Democrat, seeing as there is no (R) after his name...


3 posted on 09/02/2014 2:06:15 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: WhiskeyX

Surprisingly and totally unexpectedly, Reuters doesn’t mention the Gov’s party affiliation (R) until the 7th paragraph of the article.


4 posted on 09/02/2014 2:06:24 PM PDT by doc11355
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To: WhiskeyX

McAwful will set new standards for graft and corruption. He’ll just hide it better being a Democrat.


5 posted on 09/02/2014 2:13:53 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: WhiskeyX

“McDonnell and his wife face a 14-count indictment charging they accepted $177,000 in loans and gifts from dietary supplement entrepreneur Jonnie Williams Sr. in exchange for promoting his company and its main product, the anti-inflammatory Anatabloc”

“Prosecutors contended that both McDonnells repeatedly had worked on Williams’ behalf, staging a launch of Anatabloc at the governor’s mansion and offering personal testimonies to high-ranking state employees about its effectiveness.”

There is no, there there. The Democratic prosecutors have stitched together two unrelated events and have attempted to sew together a conspiracy and a crime.

Neither the people of Virginia, or a jury of their peers will fall for a partisan Justice Department witch hunt, relying on idioms and clichés made out of whole cloth and will at the end of the day find the governor and his wife innocent of a conspiracy so eminence.


6 posted on 09/02/2014 2:15:45 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: WhiskeyX

May G-d protect the innocent and move the guilty to repentance.


7 posted on 09/02/2014 2:22:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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To: Vendome

Farther down in the article they disclose he is a Republican. They aren’t so obliging when it is a Democrat. they leave you guessing.


8 posted on 09/02/2014 2:23:18 PM PDT by WhiskeyX
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To: CatherineofAragon
McDonnell really didn't do anything for Williams beyond saying, "hey, this stuff's pretty good," to some people.

Williams got no state contracts or money or secret information. McDonnell in fact went out of his way to take as much money as possible from Williams without giving him any concrete advantages in return. Or so it seems from the testimony.
9 posted on 09/02/2014 3:44:56 PM PDT by hemogoblin
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To: Vendome

He is a Republican and was a good governor with a good record until the scandal broke. Replaced by Demonrat hack, Terry McAullife.


10 posted on 09/02/2014 3:59:13 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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