Well, that settles it then. Guess we don’t need a corruption trial anymore.
Via Fox News:
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell told jurors Friday he was both innocent and contrite as he ended his third straight day of testifying in his corruption trial.
Asked point blank by defense attorney Henry Asbill whether he ever committed the crimes he’s been charged with, McDonnell said he had not.
“I know that in my heart,” McDonnell said.
But he also said he holds himself accountable for the decisions that landed him court. McDonnell and his supporters have long said that he may have used bad judgment but did not break any laws.
“I got my life out of balance,” McDonnell said.
McDonnell testified Friday about loans and gifts he received from Jonnie Williams, then CEO of Star Scientific Inc. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts, trips and loans from Williams exchange for promoting his company’s products, particularly the tobacco-derived anti-inflammatory Anatabloc.