This is not “double jeopardy”. McDonnell skated on the technicality of instructions given to the jury. His conviction was vacated on that basis, allowing for retrial. He is a scumbag and Republicans ought not lament his retrial. He may get off on retrial, but he took a pile of loot and thought he deserved it.
Pusing for Kaine to be scrutinized on the same basis is fair game.
Virginia governors apparently can be had inexpensively. That shows that Virginia is a good place to do business if you need to buy politicians cheaply.
McDonnell is right where he put himself.
The DOJ typically overlooks this penny-ante corruption, but a republican politician should have expected the double standard and not played in the corruption cesspool just because democrats do.
"minor" corruption is like being.... just a little pregnant