By Lynn R. Mitchell
It seems that every time I read the news, it’s another denial by the federal government of some request from former Governor Bob McDonnell’s defense regarding his upcoming trial to the point where I’m mentally keeping score and wondering, “What’s up?”
Jim Hoeft said what I’ve been thinking in his Tuesday morning update:
McDonnell still on defense: In other news, the federal prosecution continues to wrangle with the McDonnell defense team in advance of the July 28 trial for the embattled former governor. Now, the prosecution is trying to deny the governor his expert witness testimony. He was denied a delay to preliminary rulings. Denied having the charges dropped. Denied separate trials from his wife. Denied his full request for communications between Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams and Maureen McDonnell’s then Chief of Staff Mary-Shea Sutherland. At some point the governor has to win a few of these legal preliminaries, no?
Exactly.
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