The former Virginia governor has been federally charged with taking thousands of dollars worth of gifts from a supporter while he was in office. When the investigation started and the media found out about the scandal Bob McDonnell thought he could get escape prosecution by giving all the money and gifts back, but that is proving untrue as he comes up on charges today.
These weren't just small gifts either, some of them including $15,000 to help pay for his daughters wedding, a $6,000 Rolex watch and $10,000 in Oscar de la Renta clothing.
According to the 14-count indictment, the couple received the gifts and
loans in exchange for McDonnell helping on an “as-needed basis to
legitimize, promote and obtain research studies for Star’s products.”
That included arranging meetings with state government officials and
hosting events at the Governor’s Mansion, with the goal of persuading
university researchers to initiate studies of Star’s products.
In response to the scandal the now Democrat Governor Terry McAuliffe has promised to sign an executive order to limit gifts to himself and members of his staff. In a statement he said, “obviously troubled by the charges that federal prosecutors have made
against Governor McDonnell and his wife Maureen and the message that
this period in our history sends about how government in this
Commonwealth is run.” McAuliffe added that it’s his hope that justice
will be served and that he can help prevent “episodes like this from
occurring ever again.”
This comes as a big blow to the Republican party who was depending on McDonnell and Chris Christie to run for president in 2016. They have both landed themselves deep in scandal.
It seems that the Republican party is being over taken by scandals created by there representatives. Will they be able to survive until 2016? Who will be under investigation next?
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