Judge keeps corruption charges against ex-Virginia governor, wife

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Judge keeps corruption charges against ex-Virginia governor, wife

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/judge-keeps-corruption-charges-against-ex-virginia-governor-174317392--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WEOh4aRpqX5mNGr02YHBuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-20T174317Z_1_CBREA4J1D8900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Virginia Governor McDonnell speaks at the CPAC in Washington" align="left" title="Virginia Governor McDonnell speaks at the CPAC in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied requests to dismiss federal bribery and corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife Maureen, clearing the way for a July trial. U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer also denied a defense motion to hold separate trials for the couple, who are charged with accepting about $165,000 from a Virginia businessman. &quot;Defendants have failed to meet their burden to show that a joint trial will result in a miscarriage of justice or prevent Robert McDonnell from receiving a fair trial,&quot; Spencer said in his ruling. McDonnell, a Republican who left office in January, and his wife are charged with conspiring to accept gifts, vacations and loans from businessman Jonnie Williams in exchange for helping his company, dietary supplement maker Star Scientific Inc. McDonnell, 59, would be the first Virginia governor to be tried on corruption charges in modern history.</p><br clear="all"/>

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