Attorneys for McDonnells to meet with prosecutors as key phase opens in gifts probe

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Attorneys for McDonnells to meet with prosecutors as key phase opens in gifts probe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/attorneys-for-mcdonnells-to-meet-with-prosecutors-as-key-phase-opens-in-probe/2013/08/18/99556812-082c-11e3-8974-f97ab3b3c677_story.html

By Rosalind S. Helderman and Carol D. Leonnig,

Attorneys for Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, will spend Monday locked in separate hours-long meetings trying to convince federal prosecutors that the first couple should not be charged in the gifts scandal that has dominated state politics.

The meetings open a new, critical phase of the investigation, timed to help prosecutors decide over the next few weeks whether to file charges, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation.

Federal authorities have been investigating whether McDonnell (R) agreed to take official actions to aid nutritional supplement company Star Scientific while accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and money from its chief executive, Jonnie R. Williams Sr.
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As the scandal has shined an uncomfortable spotlight on the governor’s marriage, McDonnell’s side has conveyed to authorities that his wife often purposely kept him in the dark about the largess she was accepting from Williams, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

[atreides1]

1. What a guy

Getting ready to toss his wife under a bus to save his own ass...I have much more respect for him, now!!!

[JPZenger]

2. The Guv keeps blaming his wife

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I didn't know who paid for the Rolex that my wife gave me. I didn't know she was buying large amounts of the stock while we were promoting the company.

"What we have here .... is a failure to communicate"

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I was a little shocked when my wife bought me a $200 watch. I can't believe McDonnell didn't ask where the money came from for the several thousand dollar Rolex that he wife gave him.... oh, I found it on the sidewalk.

[JPZenger]

3. The Guv and His Wife now have separate lawyers

She did it! No, he did it! No, she did it!

This is not going to end well for them.