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Verdict: McDonnells guilty on multiple counts
Verdict: McDonnells guilty on multiple counts

RICHMOND — A federal jury found Bob and Maureen McDonnell guilty Thursday of nearly all the corruption charges against them. The 71st governor of Virginia shook, as if crying silently, as the later counts were read and the potential years in federal prison mounted for him and his wife. There were gasps and sobs in the courtroom. When McDonnell left the federal courthouse a half-hour after the verdict, he was visibly shaken. “All I can say is, my trust remains in the Lord,” he said, before ducking into a waiting car, leaving a mass of cameras and reporters behind. Henry Asbill, one of the former governor's lead attorneys, said the case will be appealed, but added...