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(57,600 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2013, 09:20 AM Jul 2013

McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor

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McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/mcdonnells-corporation-wife-benefited-from-120000-more-from-donor-sources-say/2013/07/09/79b29880-e5b4-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html

By Rosalind S. Helderman, Published: July 9

RICHMOND — A prominent political donor gave $70,000 to a corporation owned by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister last year, and the governor did not disclose the money as a gift or loan, according to people with knowledge of the payments.

The donor, wealthy businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr., also gave a previously unknown $50,000 check to the governor’s wife, Maureen, in 2011, the people said.
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The payments to the corporation, confirmed by people familiar with the transactions, offer the first public example of money provided by Williams that would directly benefit the governor and not just his family.

The money went from a trust, controlled by Williams, to MoBo Real Estate Partners, a limited-liability corporation formed in 2005 by McDonnell and his sister, the sources said.

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terje1 wrote:
7/9/2013 9:44 PM EDT

This is what happens when you take a legal ethics course at Pat Robertson U.

ETA: I see it's in LBN too:

McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor
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McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2013 OP

Rachel Maddow just had an incredibly effective 20 minutes on McDonnell and Cucci JPZenger Jul 2013 #1

PBS NewsHour, Wednesday, July 10, 2013 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2013 #2

JPZenger

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1. Rachel Maddow just had an incredibly effective 20 minutes on McDonnell and Cucci

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Wed Jul 10, 2013, 10:25 PM

Jul 2013

It should be posted on her website tomorrow.

mahatmakanejeeves

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2. PBS NewsHour, Wednesday, July 10, 2013

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Thu Jul 11, 2013, 08:32 AM

Jul 2013

Allegations Emerge of Undisclosed Gifts to Va. Governor
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec13/virginia_07-10.html

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is the focus of mounting scrutiny over revelations of large, undisclosed gifts given to him and his family by businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr. Judy Woodruff talks to Virginian Pilot reporter Julian Walker for more on the brewing controversy.

I don't think I can make it a clickable link here.

JUDY WOODRUFF:
Hailing from a battleground state, Bob McDonnell was a prominent figure in the 2012 election season. The Republican governor appeared in Virginia alongside presidential nominee Mitt Romney on several occasions, and was touted as a possible national figure of the future.

Now, as McDonnell wraps up his final year in office, he's confronted with mounting questions about gifts from businessman Jonnie Williams Sr., chief executive of Star Scientific, Inc., a dietary supplement manufacturer. The latest disclosure in The Washington Post, says Williams gave $145,000 in cash and gifts to the McDonnell family and a corporation owned by the governor in 2011 and 2012.

According to the account, "Payments to the corporation offer the first public example of money provided by Williams that would directly benefit the governor and not just his family."

The trail of allegations began with a chef at the governor's mansion who was charged with taking food for his own business last year. Since then, he's been talking to federal officials about McDonnell's relationship with Williams. That, in turn, has triggered state and federal investigations.

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