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first lady gets a year and a day for corruption
Peggy Fox | WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.
RICHMOND, Va. — Maureen McDonnell, the wife of former Gov. Bob McDonnell, was sentenced to 12 months and one day on Friday in a corruption scheme that also netted prison time for her husband.
A jury in September convicted the McDonnells of doing favors for former Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams in exchange for more than $165,000 in gifts and low-interest loans.
The gifts included about $20,000 in designer clothing and accessories Williams purchased for Maureen McDonnell during a Manhattan shopping spree and an engraved $6,500 Rolex watch she gave to Bob McDonnell as a Christmas present.
Williams also paid for vacations and golf outings.
Prosecutors were recommending a sentence of 18 months for Maureen McDonnell.
Her attorneys were expected to argue that the public humiliation she endured during the six-week trial is punishment enough and are asking the judge to let h