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ARRAIGNMENTS FOR BOTH
McDONALD'S, BOB AND HIS WIFE,
MAUREEN.
REPORTERS THAT WERE IN THE
COURTROOM ARE INDICATING THEY
ARE GOING TO REMAIN FREE WHILE
THEY WAIT FOR TRIAL IN THIS VERY
CONTROVERSIAL CASE.
IT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE
McDONALD LEGAL STORY.
BOB AND MAUREEN McDONALD FACE 14
COUNTS, CORRUPTION CHARGES
RELATING TO THE GIFTS THEY
RECEIVE FROM THE CEO OF A HEALTH
SUPPLEMENT COMPANY, SHOPPING
SPREES, HIGH-END STORES, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LOANS,
ROLEX WATCH INSCRIBED WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S NAME, TITLE, GOLFING
TRIPS, $165,000 IN ALL.
THEY ENTERED THE COURT HOLDING
HANDS TODAY.
IN RICHMOND, IT IS THE KIND OF
SITUATION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
SEE A LONG LEGAL FIGHT IN
VIRGINIA, BECAUSE BOB McDONNELL
HAS SAID HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
HE IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR ANYTHING HIS WIFE MAY HAVE
DONE.
HE SAYS, HE HAS BROKEN NO LAWS,
A
ASHLEIGH.
>> THE FACT THAT YOU JUST SAID
THAT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A
VERY SHORT STORY AS WELL,
BECAUSE THERE IS TALK OF PLEA
BARGAINING.
WHAT WENT ON?
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT LATE LAST
YEAR, BOB McDONNELL WAS OFFERED
A DEAL TO ESSENTIALLY PLEAD TO
ONE CHARGE AND HE WOULD BE ABLE
TO SPARE HIS WIFE THE
EMBARRASSMENT AND THE TROUBLE OF
BEING CHARGED AS WELL BUT THE
SOURCE WHO TOLD US THAT ALSO
CHARACTERIZED WHAT McDONNELL DID
WHEN HE TURNED DOWN THE PLEA
DEAL AS THROWING HIS WIFE UNDER