Bob McDonnell Scandal By The Numbers | TPMMuckraker

Bob McDonnell Scandal By The Numbers | TPMMuckraker: "It’s a sprawling, messy story. It involves the Virginia governor’s mansion, a wedding, undisclosed vacations, a “naturally-occuring alkaloid” called anatabine, a struggling company, a corporate jet, and, just to top things off, a chef facing embezzlement charges. But most importantly it involves Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), along with Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli."
Here are some of the story’s key facts and figures:

$15,000: Amount of money Williams reportedly paid to foot the bill for the food at the June 2011 wedding of Bob and Maureen McDonnell’s daughter Cailin. 

158: Miles between Smith Mountain Lake, southeast of Roanoke, Va., and Richmond, Va. In July 2011, the McDonnell family enjoyed a (disclosed) vacation at Williams’ Smith Mountain Lake house. According to the Post, they drove back to Richmond in Williams’ Ferrari.

$120,000: Publicly disclosed campaign donations given by Williams and Star Scientific to McDonnell and his political action committee.

3: Number of days before her daughter’s wedding that Maureen McDonnell spoke at a Florida seminar for scientists and investors interested in anatabine, the key ingredient in Anatabloc. 

$9,600: Reported value of food, lodging, transportation, and entertainment that McDonnell has disclosed receiving from Williams and his company in 2011 and 2012.

4: Embezzlement charges filed against Todd Schneider, a former executive chef at the Virginia governor’s mansion.

$4,500: Value of two stays at Williams’s Smith Mountain Lake vacation house that Cuccinelli disclosed on Friday. Cuccinelli had previously disclosed receiving nearly $13,000 in gifts from Williams and the company.  

$22.9 million: Amount of money Star Scientific reported losing in 2012, the company’s 10th consecutive money-losing year.

47th: Virginia’s rank in The State Integrity Investigation, a collaborative project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity, and Public Radio International.

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