McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor

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RICHMOND — A prominent political donor gave $70,000 to a corporation owned by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister last year, and the governor did not disclose the money as a gift or loan, according to people with knowledge of the payments.

The donor, wealthy businessman Jonnie R. Williams Sr., also gave a previously unknown $50,000 check to the governor’s wife, Maureen, in 2011, the people said.

The money to the corporation and Maureen McDonnell brings to $145,000 the amount Williams gave to assist the McDonnell family in 2011 and 2012 — funds that are now at the center of federal and state investigations.

Williams, the chief executive of dietary supplement manufacturer Star Scientific Inc., also provided a $10,000 check in December as a present to McDonnell’s eldest daughter, Jeanine, intended to help defray costs at her May 2013 wedding, the people said...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/mcdonnells-corporation-wife-benefited-from-120000-more-from-donor-sources-say/2013/07/09/79b29880-e5b4-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html

Good investigative piece by the Washington Post .. BUT .. Unless I missed it there's no mention in the entire story of McDonnell's political affiliation (GOP BTW). Which would be fine although my guess is that no such 'discretion' was given to the political affiliation of Rod Blagojevich in the all the pieces dealing with his improprieties.

If half of these allegations pan out .. Blagojevich is a piker compared to McDonnell.

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1. Not only McDonnell, but his AG Cuccinelli as well.

Rachel Maddow is all over this story, thankfully!