Wife of Virginia Governor Received Questionable Payment

Maureen McDonnell “was paid $36,000 last year to attend a handful of meetings as a consultant to the philanthropic arm of one of the state’s major coal companies,” the Washington Post reports.

Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) “indicated on his annual financial disclosure forms for 2011 and 2012 that his wife served as a paid trustee of a family charity, the Frances G. and James W. McGlothlin Foundation. But in an interview, James McGlothlin said the $21 million family foundation never named McDonnell to its board.”