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Robert McDonnell guilty of 11 corruption counts
Washington Post ^ | Matt Zapotosky and Rosalind S. Helderman

Posted on 09/04/2014 12:15:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A federal jury Thursday found former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, guilty of public corruption — sending a message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson to a free spending Richmond businessman for golf outings, lavish vacations and $120,000 in sweetheart loans.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; mcdonnell; ruling
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing the Clintoons didn’t do to the whitehut, selling overnight stays there.


21 posted on 09/04/2014 3:51:24 PM PDT by CodeToad (Romney is a raisin cookie looking for chocolate chip cookie votes.)
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To: nickcarraway

Pretty disgusting.

Reminds me of Sanford in South Carolina: promising but then found to have bad scruples.

Turn back to God. That is the only solution.


22 posted on 09/04/2014 7:12:54 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Oliviaforever

“His biggest crime”

No, he deserved what he got.

What amazes me is he sold himself so cheaply. He needs to be sent up the river.


23 posted on 09/04/2014 7:20:30 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Turn back to God. That is the only solution.”

He’ll have plenty of time for that.....


24 posted on 09/04/2014 7:23:06 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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