Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R) request for a rehearing and rehearing en banc was rejected Aug. 11 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (United States v. McDonnell, 4th Cir., 15-04019, 8/11/15).
The U.S. Supreme Court is now McDonnell’s last hope to overturn his conviction, which his attorneys have said is their next stop.
No Fourth Circuit judge voted in favor of granting McDonnell’s petition. Chief Judge William B. Traxler Jr. and Judges J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Roger L. Gregory, Dennis W. Shedd, G. Steven Agee, Barbara Milano Keenan and Albert Diaz didn’t ...
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