Ex-VA Gov. Bob McDonnell, Wife GUILTY
The NY Times‘ Trip Gabriel reports:
Click here for reuse options!As 11 counts of “guilty” were pronounced on counts of conspiracy, bribery and extortion for Mr. McDonnell, he covered his face with his hands and his head fell nearly to the defense table. His wife, convicted on eight counts, looked straight ahead. There were sobs from the seats behind the couple that included their five adult children.
The McDonnells were indicted on 14 counts of conspiracy, bribery, extortion and related charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to sell the office of governor, which Mr. McDonnell occupied through January this year, for $177,000 in gifts and cash from a dietary supplements executive.
While other governors around the country have faced corruption charges in recent years, none of the cases unfolded in the national glare like the McDonnell melodrama, largely because the former governor was a rising Republican star, whose unexpected defense was that his picture-perfect marriage was, in fact, Photoshopped.
Mr. McDonnell, who carried his wife over the threshold of the Executive Mansion the day of his inauguration, portrayed her in his testimony as a harridan whose yelling left him “spiritually and mentally exhausted,” and who was so cold that after he sent her an email pleading to save their marriage, she did not reply.
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By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
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Leslie (eserafina42) September 4th, 2014 at 17:08
It’ll be interesting to see how long the marriage lasts now. She allowed him to drag her through the mud and it didn’t even work.
Leslie (eserafina42) September 4th, 2014 at 17:08
It’ll be interesting to see how long the marriage lasts now. She allowed him to drag her through the mud and it didn’t even work.
neworleans878 September 4th, 2014 at 17:14
How much will we hear about this on R.W. T.V. and radio?
Don’t blink your eyes or let your attention wander not even a second…you’ll miss the extensive coverage!
ps…unless it’s about him being the target of a witch hunt…
edmeyer_able September 4th, 2014 at 17:25
They’ll spend the next 2 days talking about Mike Browns past, the “witch hunt” Eric Holder is conducting in Ferguson, Joan Rivers death and why Obama had her killed.
neworleans878 September 4th, 2014 at 17:31
You seem ok ed, so I feel I can trust you with a little secret…Joan Rivers had to be killed because she knew too much about BENGHAZI!!!!
ps RIP Joan.
nola878 September 4th, 2014 at 17:14
How much will we hear about this on R.W. T.V. and radio?
Don’t blink your eyes or let your attention wander not even a second…you’ll miss the extensive coverage!
ps…unless it’s about him being the target of a witch hunt…
edmeyer_able September 4th, 2014 at 17:25
They’ll spend the next 2 days talking about Mike Browns past, the “witch hunt” Eric Holder is conducting in Ferguson, Joan Rivers death and why Obama had her killed.
nola878 September 4th, 2014 at 17:31
You seem ok ed, so I feel I can trust you with a little secret…Joan Rivers had to be killed because she knew too much about BENGHAZI!!!!
ps RIP Joan.
juicyfruityyy September 4th, 2014 at 17:56
Now, he can take that trans-vaginal probe with him to prison. To keep himself entertained. Hopefully, his wife will start divorced proceedings. That will keep her occupied.
juicyfruityyy September 4th, 2014 at 17:56
Now, he can take that trans-vaginal probe with him to prison. To keep himself entertained. Hopefully, his wife will start divorced proceedings. That will keep her occupied.
tiredoftea September 4th, 2014 at 17:59
Exhibit A for right wing family values. Greed, envy, unbridled ambition, thievery, infidelity. It’s all a shiny thing until the wrapping is taken off. Then we get the McDonnell family.
tiredoftea September 4th, 2014 at 17:59
Exhibit A for right wing family values. Greed, envy, unbridled ambition, thievery, infidelity. It’s all a shiny thing until the wrapping is taken off. Then we get the McDonnell family.
RioBravoHombre September 4th, 2014 at 18:13
Wait! You mean the jury didn’t buy the,”My wife is a greedy whore” defense? Color me STUNNED!
Denise September 4th, 2014 at 18:21
I guess throwing your wife under the bus wasn’t such a good move after all, huh? I hope Perry, Walker, Deal, Grimms, Scott, and the ladies Bachmann and Martinez are quaking in their gucci/jimmy choo shoes!
As a felon, neither can own a gun, and neither can vote in elections! I call that karma.
Denise September 4th, 2014 at 18:21
I guess throwing your wife under the bus wasn’t such a good move after all, huh? I hope Perry, Walker, Deal, Grimms, Scott, and the ladies Bachmann and Martinez are quaking in their gucci/jimmy choo shoes!
As a felon, neither can own a gun, and neither can vote in elections! I call that karma.
RK Johnston September 4th, 2014 at 18:30
For the McDonnels’this is not the end…it is only the beginning.
Funny thing…
looks like “Mr. Clean” and his wife turned out to be dirtier than pigs in a stye!
–RKJ
RK Johnston September 4th, 2014 at 18:30
For the McDonnels’this is not the end…it is only the beginning.
Funny thing…
looks like “Mr. Clean” and his wife turned out to be dirtier than pigs in a stye!
–RKJ
Pearl Polanski September 4th, 2014 at 19:09
lolz!
Pearl Polanski September 4th, 2014 at 19:09
lolz!
edmeyer_able September 4th, 2014 at 19:12
The Three Amigos?
edmeyer_able September 4th, 2014 at 19:12
The Three Amigos?
Larry Schmitt September 4th, 2014 at 19:48
He was offered a deal to plead guilty to one count, and his wife would face no charges. Wonder if it was his decision, or his lawyers’ advice, to turn it down and go to trial. I’m hearing people call in to the local DC news station, they’re saying this will send a powerful message. BS. Nothing will change. Next time a governor, or any pol, wants to use his influence, he won’t remember this, or Rob Blagojevich, or Marvin Mandel of Maryland, or Edwin Edwards of Louisiana. They were all convicted of various types of corruption, and it didn’t stop the ones who followed them from going after the money. No message at all.
Larry Schmitt September 4th, 2014 at 19:48
He was offered a deal to plead guilty to one count, and his wife would face no charges. Wonder if it was his decision, or his lawyers’ advice, to turn it down and go to trial. I’m hearing people call in to the local DC news station, they’re saying this will send a powerful message. BS. Nothing will change. Next time a governor, or any pol, wants to use his influence, he won’t remember this, or Rob Blagojevich, or Marvin Mandel of Maryland, or Edwin Edwards of Louisiana. They were all convicted of various types of corruption, and it didn’t stop the ones who followed them from going after the money. No message at all.
Bunya September 4th, 2014 at 21:24
Transvaginal Bob is headed for prison! This is great news!!!! I never thought he’d be charged. I actually thought he’d get off, like most other republicans.