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McDonnell v. United States, 579 U.S. 550 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the appeal of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell's conviction for honest services fraud and Hobbs Act extortion. [1] [2] At issue on appeal was whether the definition of "official act" within the federal bribery statutes encompassed the ...
Jun 9, 2023 · Smith secured a conviction of former Republican Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in 2015 when he was with the DOJ for bribery-related charges, but the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the conviction in 2018. In November 2022, McDonnell said regarding Jack Smith, "I think there's a real judgment problem."
Jun 12, 2023 · Flashback: Before Smith riveted Washington, he shook up Richmond as head of the Justice Department division that prosecuted former Virginia guv Bob McDonnell over gifts. (The Supreme Court in 2016 unanimously tossed out the conviction.) Smith ran the graft division from 2010 to 2015, rousing a unit that had suffered multiple setbacks.
Nov 25, 2022 · A few years later, Smith's unit convicted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, in 2014 on corruption charges for accepting over $165,000 in gifts and loans from an affluent ...
Nov 18, 2022 · Jack Smith, the special counsel announced by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday to oversee the criminal investigations into the retention of classified documents at former President Donald ...
Jun 9, 2023 · Special Counsel Jack Smith had two high profile cases falter, against ex-Virginia GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell and Democratic ex-Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, Levin said.
Jan 6, 2015 · Politics Jan 6, 2015 3:16 PM EDT. A judge today sentenced Bob McDonnell, Virginia’s former governor and a one-time potential vice-presidential contender, to two years in prison after he was ...
