McDonnell trial tells politicians that feds are watching

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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, right, and his wife, Maureen, arrive at the federal courthouse in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, for their first appearance in U.S. District Court in connection with federal corruption charges.

McDonnell trial tells politicians that feds are watching
By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 27, 2014

RICHMOND

The upcoming corruption trial of former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife is sure to have Virginia politicians riveted - with good reason.

For the state's elected leaders, the courtroom drama that will begin unfolding Monday underlines a stark reality that has become increasingly apparent over the past five years:

The feds are watching you. Closely.

"What is very clear is that the federal investigators and the federal prosecutors are putting Virginia under a much closer microscope than we've ever seen," Richmond-based political analyst Bob Holsworth said last week.

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1. LOL, it is the Fed's job to watch corrupt M-F'ers like you, McDonnell.

Which defense will he use? His lawyers have already trotted these out:

It wasn't illegal.

If it was illegal, McDonnell didn't know.

It is his wife's fault.

Everybody does it.

Sometimes courts get things wrong, so this case should be dismissed since they might get it wrong.

This is just political.

(Did I miss any of his defenses?)