was doing the work at mcdonnell s home for free at the request of his brother. he said the first lady eventually asked him for a bill, but that was months after he finished the work and long after the federal investigation into the first family taking too many gifts was already under way. a spokesperson for bob mcdonnell denies any wrongdoing in this case. and maybe it is a small thing, $60,000 in home repairs after the $160,000 in cash that the mcdonnells got from the contractor s brother. maybe it is nothing. but if it turns out to be something, this is the kind of thing that can send you to prison. ask john roland, this is the 10 time in the continuing saga of virginia governor mcdonnell, these are tense times for the
finished the work and long after the federal investigation into the first family taking too many gifts was already under way. a spokesperson for bob mcdonnell denies any wrongdoing in this case. and maybe it is a small thing, $60,000 in home repairs after the $160,000 in cash that the mcdonnells got from the contractor s brother. maybe it is nothing. but if it turns out to be something, this is the kind of thing that can send you to prison. ask john roland, this is the 10 time in the continuing saga of virginia governor mcdonnell, these are tense times for the governor, and a close race for the attorney general in virginia. we are really down to it.
prosecutors trying to lay out their cases to why there shouldn t be a legal action because of various gifts that mcdonnells from this guy who are john, we hear like if virginia, these gifts aren t illegal. you can give people you can drive a truck through virginia disclosure laws. exactly. i used to cover richmond, how come annapolis in maryland everyone is going to jail, scandals, virginia is totally clean. the reason virginia is totally clean, none of the stuff under virginia law is against the law. you can do anything. right. these guys are in hot water not with virginia law, joe, with federal law. it s really, really serious when your legal team is taking meetings with federal prosecutors as governor mcdonnells were yesterday. what is he accused of doing exactly? what are the feds coming after him for? there is they re looking at the fact that the mcdonnell family family, governor mcdonnell says his wife was doing all the stuff he didn t know, they were taki
years. but i think it s important that the people of virginia know that nothing has been done with regard to my relationship with mr. williams or his company star scientific to give any kind of special benefits to him or his company. special benefits? that s where things get tricky. williams company sells this nono non-fda approved dietary supplement. and just three days before their daughter s wedding mrs. mcdonnell flew to florida to tout the drug at a gathering of doctors and investors. huh? what a coincidence. the mcdonnells also allowed the company to hold an event promoting the supplement at the governor s mansion. at one point there was even a photo of mcdonnell smiling and holding the supplement on the company s facebook page. hmm. how about that? looks like this is one virginia
probe prior to undergoing an abortion. now he s getting a probe of his own. today we learned fbi agents are looking into a relationship between mcdonnells and a major campaign donor. agents are asking an associate about mcdonnells about gifts provided to the family by star scientific gene executive jon nirks er. williams seniors. actions the republican governor and his wife may have taken that boosted the company. williams covered the $15,000 that catered for the wedding of mcdonnell s daughter. and the mcdonnells family vacationed at a lake house owned by williams and drove the executive s ferrari from the home back to richmond. it was this ferrari, to be exact. and today mcdonnell responded to the news. i ve been blessed to have a lot of friends, and mr. williams and his wife celeste have been family friends for four or five