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Gift scandal: Va. GOP gov's candidate donates $18K
Source: Associated Press
Gift scandal: Va. GOP gov's candidate donates $18K
AP foreign, Tuesday September 10 2013
BOB LEWIS
AP Political Writer= RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Republican nominee for Virginia governor said Tuesday he's given a Richmond charity $18,000, the same value as gifts he accepted from a troubled nutritional supplements maker and its CEO, whose giving to Gov. Bob McDonnell spawned criminal investigations
Ken Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, announced the donation in an online video sent to supporters. He told The Associated Press he did it to stem lingering fallout over gifts he received from Virginia-based Star Scientific Inc. and its chief executive, Jonnie R. Williams Sr.
Cuccinelli is running against Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a businessman who is close to former President Bill Clinton, in the only competitive gubernatorial race in the country this year.
The Republican does not identify the charity in the video but said in the interview that it is CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, which provides free medical care to the homeless and working poor in the Richmond area. He said he will not be reimbursed.
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AP foreign, Tuesday September 10 2013
BOB LEWIS
AP Political Writer= RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Republican nominee for Virginia governor said Tuesday he's given a Richmond charity $18,000, the same value as gifts he accepted from a troubled nutritional supplements maker and its CEO, whose giving to Gov. Bob McDonnell spawned criminal investigations
Ken Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, announced the donation in an online video sent to supporters. He told The Associated Press he did it to stem lingering fallout over gifts he received from Virginia-based Star Scientific Inc. and its chief executive, Jonnie R. Williams Sr.
Cuccinelli is running against Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a businessman who is close to former President Bill Clinton, in the only competitive gubernatorial race in the country this year.
The Republican does not identify the charity in the video but said in the interview that it is CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, which provides free medical care to the homeless and working poor in the Richmond area. He said he will not be reimbursed.
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