Bob McDonnell’s Growing Scandal Could Spill Over to Ken Cuccinelli
“The Republican nominee always kept his distance from the governor. Now it’s a political imperative.”
MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show has obtained financial disclosure statements filed by embattled Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. The forms include the most detailed information the governor has yet disclosed about “MoBo Real Estate Partners,” which the Washington Post reports was yet another vehicle through which cash and valuable gifts were channeled to Governor McDonnell and his family from a Virginia firm, Star Scientific, that is now under federal securities investigation.
The governor himself is also reportedly under both federal and state investigation related to his acceptance of more than $140,000 in gifts from Star Scientific and its CEO, and his compliance with state gift disclosure laws.
Here are the disclosure forms: