The 11-term lawmaker immediately relinquished his post as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department after his indictment last July.
The federal government will not allow former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell to remain free while his corruption convictions are on appeal. The U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr said yesterday the evidence and the appeals court’s decision to uphold the convictions is enough to have McDonnell start his two-year sentence. He is currently free as he tries […]
