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   From: lying-old-hag@hillaryclinton.com   
      
   The Supreme Court unanimously overturned former Virginia   
   governor Robert F. McDonnell’s public-corruption conviction   
   Monday and imposed higher standards for federal prosecutors who   
   charge public officials with wrongdoing.   
      
   Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described the former   
   governor’s actions as “tawdry” but agreed that instructions to   
   the jury in his case about what constitutes “official acts” were   
   so broad, they could cover almost any action a public official   
   takes.   
      
   McDonnell’s promising political career was derailed by his   
   entanglement with a businessman who showered the governor and   
   his family with luxury gifts and financial benefits. McDonnell   
   and his wife, Maureen, were indicted and convicted after he left   
   office in January 2014.   
      
   Legal experts said the new standards would make it difficult for   
   federal prosecutors to retry McDonnell, but Roberts said the   
   Supreme Court was expressing no view on that.   
      
   “If the court below determines that there is sufficient evidence   
   for a jury to convict Governor McDonnell of committing or   
   agreeing to commit an ‘official act,’ his case may be set for a   
   new trial,” Roberts wrote. “If the court instead determines that   
   the evidence is insufficient, the charges against him must be   
   dismissed.”   
      
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-   
   unanimously-in-favor-of-former-va-robert-f-mcdonnell-in-   
   corruption-case/2016/06/27/38526a94-3c75-11e6-a66f-   
   aa6c1883b6b1_story.html   
      
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