July 30, 2023 7:00am EDT
Ex-Virginia gov, who saw conviction by Jack Smith thrown out, says he'd 'rather win than get it right'
McDonnell was initially convicted of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right
By Charles Creitz | Fox News Former Virginia Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell – once prosecuted by now-Special Counsel Jack Smith for violating federal bribery law only to see his conviction unanimously overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court – said the ex-war crimes prosecutor would rather win a case than have the facts correct.
In 2016, federal prosecutors announced they would not pursue a second case against McDonnell after the Chief Justice John Roberts-led unanimous ruling vacating the conviction. McDonnell had been accused of accepting luxury gifts from a businessman in exchange for promoting a supplement he was hawking.
In vacating McDonnell's conviction, the Supreme Court ruled that setting up a meeting or organizing an event – without doing more – isn't considered an "official act," as charged by the Justice Department, where at the time the Public Integrity Section was run by Smith.
Smith, as special counsel, has indicted former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified information following a federal raid on his Mar-a-Lago compound.
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