Former Virginia First Lady Maureen McDonnell Sentenced in Corruption Trial
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(RICHMOND, Va.) — Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on corruption charges on Friday, linked to the scandal that sent her husband, former Governor Bob McDonnell to prison for two years.
The couple was found guilty of providing favors to a business owner in exchange for gifts and loans. “We are very happy that the judge gave her a sentence that is lower than the government sought and what the sentencing guidelines would have provided for,” McDonnell’s attorney William Burck said Friday.
McDonnell is expected to appeal the sentence. On Friday, Burck said, “she finally had her opportunity to say how she has felt through the last two years of this ordeal and to apologize to everyone that she’s hurt.”
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