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- The former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, 60, of Glen Allen, Virginia, was sentenced today to two years in prison for soliciting and obtaining payments, loans, gifts and other items from Star Scientific, a Virginia-based corporation, and Jonnie R. Williams Sr., Star Scientific’s then chief executive officer, in violation of federal public corruption laws.
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Jun 27, 2016 · The Supreme Court unanimously decided Monday to overturn former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's bribery conviction in his federal corruption case. In a victory for McDonnell, the high court...
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Jun 27, 2016 · WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that could make it harder for prosecutors to bring...
Jun 27, 2016 · A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that could make it harder to prosecute elected officials accused of bribery.
Jun 27, 2016 · The Supreme Court unanimously overturned former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell's public-corruption conviction Monday and imposed higher standards for federal prosecutors who charge...
Jun 27, 2016 · The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell in a decision interpreting the meaning of “official action” in the federal bribery law. The...
Sep 4, 2014 · A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell and former First Lady of Virginia Maureen G. McDonnell for participating in a scheme to violate federal public corruption laws.
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.