by MCDC | Aug 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Conservative Virginia radio host John Fredericks urged Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell to resign as federal prosecutors look into whether McDonnell aided a company whose CEO gave his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and money. Fredericks has been a...
by MCDC | Aug 19, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
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....
by MCDC | Aug 18, 2013 | Ethics, Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Published August 18 in The Washington Post Regarding the Aug. 14 Metro article “McDonnell: All ‘tangible’ gifts returned to supporter”: Rich Galen, a spokesman for Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s legal team, contrasted the Republican governor’s unblemished record of public...
by MCDC | Aug 14, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A tip-of-the-hat to the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee A political brouhaha erupted Tuesday over news that Virginia’s top fraud investigator is scrutinizing how the attorney general’s office has handled a series of federal lawsuits over natural gas royalties....
by MCDC | Aug 13, 2013 | Ethics, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
McDonnell Burns His Benefactor Governor McDonnell is under criminal investigation over allegations that he and his family received various “gifts” from Star Scientific executive Jonnie Williams. Those gifts are said to total more than $145,000...
by MCDC | Aug 12, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
News Release For Immediate Release: July 23, 2013 For More Information: Justin Riemer: 804-864-8904 Justin.Riemer@sbe.virginia.gov RICHMOND, VA –Today, the State Board of Elections (SBE), in partnership with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV),...
