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Jonnie Williams clearly had advantages that other businessmen did not have. Bob McDonnell has not been particular honest about his dealings. He had access to the Virginia Health Secretary.
Bob McDonnell should be worried. He took a hell of a lot of money from a snake oil salesman–Jonnie Williams. Lung guard and a cure for wrinkles? This guy has a mighty fantastic track record. Basically, he is some folks might also call a crook.
Confirmation of McDonnell arranging meetings with Secretary Bill Hazel can be confirmed with an email, (the smoking gun) according to maddowblog.com:
Jonnie R. Williams Sr., the wealthy nutritional supplement maker at the center of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s gifts scandal, met with Virginia’s health secretary to pitch his product at the recommendation of the governor, according to an e-mail his assistant wrote the day of the November 2010 meeting.
“This email is to confirm a meeting between Jonnie Williams and Secretary Bill Hazel on Thursday, November 4th at 9:00 am,” Monica Block, McDonnell’s scheduler, wrote to Williams’s assistant in a message two days before he sat down with Hazel, the state’s secretary of health and human resources.
The e-mails, obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, are the first indication that McDonnell (R) directly intervened on behalf of Williams, whose gifts of luxury items and five-figure payments and loans to the McDonnell family have triggered state and federal investigations.
Things aren’t looking good for Governor Ultra-Sound or his veracity. The question has now become, will McDonnell finish out his term or will he be forced to resign. The longer he stays, the more that will rub off on his buddy, Ken Cuccinelli.
