Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Politicians - Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell
Money does flow freely in politics.
Perhaps, as they claim, they are innocent...
Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Sari Horwitz reported this in the Washington Post:
Perhaps, as they claim, they are innocent...
"Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife Maureen were charged Tuesday with illegally accepting gifts, luxury vacations and large loans from a wealthy Richmond-area businessman who sought special treatment from state government.
Authorities alleged that McDonnell and his wife received gifts from executive Jonnie R. Williams again and again, lodging near constant requests for money, clothes, trips, golf accessories and private plane rides.
In exchange, authorities alleged that the McDonnells worked in concert to lend the prestige of the governorship to Williams’s struggling company, a small former cigarette manufacturer that now sells dietary supplements."
