A federal judge “signaled that he is growing increasingly frustrated with the voluminous and at times rancorous filings by defense attorneys representing” former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) and his wife in a corruption case, dismissing one of their recent requests as “dancing through fantasy land” and asking them and prosecutors to limit their written disputes “for the sanctity of the trees,” the Washington Post reports.
Judge Says McDonnell is in ‘Fantasy Land’
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