Wednesday…the gift that keeps on giving. Bobby McScoundrel has his daily announcement:
RICHMOND — Gov. Robert F. McDonnell said Wednesday that his daughter had reimbursed a Virginia businessman for the $15,000 catering tab he picked up for her June 2011 wedding.
McDonnell (R) disclosed the repayment while speaking briefly with reporters after an unrelated event at the state Capitol.
His comment came one day after he said that he intended to return all gifts that Star Scientific chief executive Jonnie R. Williams Sr. had provided to him and his family. It was not initially clear if the gifts he referred to on Tuesday included the payment for wedding catering since at times, McDonnell had talked about returning “tangible gifts.”
The McDonnell family has been under scrutiny since late March, when The Washington Post reported that the governor and first lady Maureen McDonnell had promoted Star’s nutritional supplement about the time Williams paid for catering at Cailin McDonnell’s wedding. The catering tab had become symbolic of the larger gift scandal that has been hanging over McDonnell’s last months in office.
