take official action to benefit the company in exchange for all that stuff. and for the entirety of that months-long investigation into that lucrative friendship between governor give me a rolex and the man who gave him a rolex, bob mcdonnell has maintained that he did not give any preferential treatment from the company and that the pile of loot that he received was essentially just a pile of gifts from a friend who he s not friends with anymore. that said, governor mcdonnell s wife did travel around the state and the country, touting the company s products. governor mcdonnell and his wife hosted a product launch event for the company at the governor s mansion. they also arranged meetings for their businessman donor friend, with top state health officials, so he could lobby for research funds from the state. and then the governor collected his rolex. we have known for much of the year that federal prosecutors were looking into the governor and the first lady s actions, but the big unk
the company in exchange for all that stuff. and for the entirety of that months-long investigation into that lucrative friendship between governor give me a rolex and the man who gave him a rolex, bob mcdonnell has maintained that he did not give any preferential treatment from the company and that the pile of loot that he received was essentially just a pile of gifts from a friend who he s not friends with anymore. that said, governor mcdonnell s wife did travel around the state and the country, touting the company s products. governor mcdonnell and his wife hosted a product launch event for the company at the governor s mansion. they also arranged meetings for their businessman donor friend, with top state health officials, so he could lobby for research funds from the state. and then the governor collected his rolex. we have known for much of the year that federal prosecutors were looking into the governor and the first lady s actions,
for months, federal prosecutors have been looking into whether governor mcdonnell took official action or implied that he might take official action to benefit the company in exchange for all that stuff. and for the entirety of that months-long investigation into that lucrative friendship between governor give me a rolex and the man who gave him a rolex, bob mcdonnell has maintained that he did not give any preferential treatment from the company and that the pile of loot that he received was essentially just a pile of gifts from a friend who he s not friends with anymore. that said, governor mcdonnell s wife did travel around the state and the country, touting the company s products. governor mcdonnell and his wife hosted a product launch event for the company at the governor s mansion. they also arranged meetings for their businessman donor friend,
oh, and also the governor and his wife have hired separate legal teams to represent them now. what the governor is blaming on his wife, this news they broke late friday night, is the first news we have had since the scandal broke months ago that governor mcdonnell and his family had a personal financial stake in this company from which they took all those gifts. more than $140,000 in cash and a rolex watch and a bergdorf goodman shopping spree and lake side vacation home and the loan of a white ferrari and all the rest of it. potential prosecution of the governor hinges on whether those gifts and that cash he took from the company were essentially bribes, payment for official actions that bob mcdonnell then took as governor to benefit the company that was giving him all the lute. his wife traveled around the state and country touting the company s products. the governor and the first lady hosted a product launch event for the company at the virginia governor s mansion. the governor and
company. but these new disclosures friday night, look at this, these new problems they re admitting to just now, they were definitely all the wife s fault. the governor didn t even know. oh, and also the governor and his wife have hired separate legal teams to represent them now. what the governor is blaming on his wife, this news they broke late friday night, is the first news we have had since the scandal broke months ago that governor mcdonnell and his family had a personal financial stake in this company from which they took all those gifts. more than $140,000 in cash and a rolex watch and a bergdorf goodman shopping spree and lake side vacation home and the loan of a white ferrari and all the rest of it. potential prosecution of the governor hinges on whether those gifts and that cash he took from the company were essentially bribes, payment for official actions that bob mcdonnell then took as governor to benefit the company that was giving him all the lute. his wife traveled arou