McDonnell uses broken marriage to fight corruption charges

Name: McDonnell uses broken marriage to fight corruption charges
Uploaded: 2014-08-22T00:10:16Z
Duration: P439S
Description: Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell returned to the stand in his public corruption trial, describing in detail how relations with his wife had broken down in order to show that the couple could not have jointly engaged in a criminal conspiracy. If convicted, the one-time rising star in GOP politics could face as much as 20 years in prison. Judy Woodruff learns more from Craig Carper of WCVE.

Clip: 08/21/2014 | 7m 19s

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell returned to the stand in his public corruption trial, describing in detail how relations with his wife had broken down in order to show that the couple could not have jointly engaged in a criminal conspiracy. If convicted, the one-time rising star in GOP politics could face as much as 20 years in prison. Judy Woodruff learns more from Craig Carper of WCVE.

Aired: 08/21/14

Rating: NR

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