Posted on 09/04/2014 11:34:17 AM PDT by iceskater
A verdict has been reached in the federal corruption trial against former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen.
McDonnell- is a Republican who has been constantly vilified. What more proof is needed? Virginia is a blue state, remember.
They found “Scooter” Libby guilty of something.
They did? Wow! He wasn’t even on trial.
I keep looking at it in terms of does what the McDonnells did (not against state law, from all I’ve heard) deserve jail time? The answer for me is “no”. Was Johnny Williams looking at some serious time for those things that he got “transactional” immunity for (usually only given in ‘mob’ cases)? Probably. This was a political ‘hit’ on a Republican governor with a good record to take him out of national politics. I heard a guest on one of the local radio shows saying the ‘prosecutors’ are desperate for a conviction on some if not all of the charges .... if they don’t get it, somebody will be losing their job(s). They also said this will reverbrate to DC, whichever way it goes.
The best information I have is that the McDonnells actually broke no laws, so my bet is on not guilty.
Does it sound like they’re innocent?
Thanks
The decision is guilty on count one
Both guilty on countone.
Will there be a Public Beheading ?
Both guilty on counts 1,2,3 and 5.
1st Count: “Guilty.”
Guilty on count 1.
Color me WRONG. Guilty on Counts 1 -3, more coming.......
Bob guilty on all counts 1-11. Where did they find this jury?
Guilty 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Wife not guilty on 4 9
Guilty on count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Maureen McDonnell not guilty on count 4 and 9, but guilty on all others with Bob.
First 10 of 14 counts...
You’re absolutely right. I’m very close to this case, in a manner of speaking. McDonnell really had nothing to do with what was driving Star’s revenues. I personally had something to do with it, and I only met Maureen in passing once and never received any support or benefits from the ex-governor or his wife.
The whole scandal has caused Star to put under the microscope though and the FDA has recently stepped in to stop the sale of their product, claiming that they were making claims about what their product could do based on my research prior to human clinical trials. As far as I can tell their press releases really only reiterated what I found but with all the usual legal CYA disclaimers, but the FDA deemed it not good enough. Basically the fix was in once the scandal broke.
I can’t say this with my name attached to it, but just anonymously let me say that the whole thing smells funny. I’ve been thinking for a while now that this whole scandal is really aimed at keeping this compound I’m testing from being brought to clinical trials and application. I’ve done the research on it myself and I’ve seen other experiments my colleagues are doing, and it shows tremendous promise at treating a number of inflammation-related conditions. This may sound crazy, but there is currently a strong movement underway to get rid of American football.
I’ve seen the conversations going on in the head injury research field behind closed doors for years now, but it’s starting to come up to the surface, and the general direction of the field is simply to show “how bad” playing football is for the brain. Many of these researchers are quietly hoping that their research will completely eradicate the sport in their lifetime. Meanwhile the lawyers are salivating at the prospect of huge lawsuits, that part is already underway. There’s a lot of money to be had here by both the scientists and the lawyers, and none of them want to see something come to light that could dramatically reduce the effects of repetitive head hits. Maybe it’s a bit too conspiratorial sounding, but I think there’s more to this case than just throwing tar on a republican governor.
Bob-11 Wife 8 counts guilty
Holy crap, guilty on all 11 counts for Bob!! Sounds like guilty on at least some of the counts for the missus....whoa
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