his wife maureen who s become a great friend of my family, myself. and their nine children. anne, gene, john, katherine, mary clair, paul, matthew, christopher and meg. you were very busy. wow. wow. i always knew i liked him. also here are several of justice scalia s former colleagues and very respected ones at that. it s a personal tribute that they re giving to their friend. chief justice roberts. where are thank you very much. thank you. justice ginsburg. glad to see you re feeling great. justice alito. thank you.
ivy league credentials, white male. anything unique? from the midwest and doesn t have a lot of geographic diversity but new mold, probably not. exactly what the president wanted. looks out to see big part of his constituency who voted for him for president based on putting somebody in just like scalia. i think not looking for a lot of change. late scalia s wife maureen was in the audience. deft nod to conservatives in his party hung in there on this issue because of the supreme court seat. you could tell that both the president and judge gorsuch were
off for just 24 months. the public downfall started in march 2013. a weird article explaining just who had mysteriously paid for the governor s daughter s wedding. that story led to one revelation after ood e another. at a time when many people thought bob mcdonald would be prepping his 2016 presidential campaign, thought he would be booked into federal prison. he s due there on february ninth. a wooek and a half after that his wife maureen, will face sentencing for her multiple felony convictions in this case, as well. joining us now, a political
governor bob mcdonnell plans to appeal his correctional sentence. before he was sentenced he told the judge he was, quote, heartbroken and humbled. afterwards he still insisted he was innocent but made mistakes. and as i said in court, i am i fallen human being. i ve made mistakes in my life. i always try to put the best interests of the people first as governor. but i have failed at times and some of the judgments that i have made during the course of my governorship have hurt myself my family and my beloved people of virginia. and for that i am deeply deeply sorry. mcdonnell s wife maureen who was convicted along with him, she will be sentenced next month. the naacp is calling for the new grand jury to consider charges against the police
burst out in applause. a multitude of people try to rise up out of their seats and cheer for the former governor. this was a huge blow to him and his family. he had his hand on his face saying oh, my god, i can t believe this. it was something really extraordinary. let me ask you before all the character witnesses took the stand. it was a surprise moment when governor mcdojd s wife maureen, arrived at the court room the one thing everybody agreed on before heading into today is that she would not be seen. his defense was to blame her.