Key figures
Former Gov. Bob McDonnell. Virginia’s governor from 2009 through 2013, he is facing 14 federal corruption charges for accepting gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman, Jonnie R. Williams St. McDonnell previously served as Virginia attorney general and in the House of Delegates. He is a graduate of the Regent University law school.
Maureen McDonnell. The former first lady, along with her husband, is accused of seeking gifts, loans and cash from Williams. Her attorney said the McDonnells’ marriage was troubled and that Mrs. McDonnell had developed “a crush” on Williams.
Cailin McDonnell Young. One of the McDonnells’ daughters, Cailin McDonnell Young held her wedding reception at the governor’s mansion. Williams gave the McDonnells $15,000 to cover the cost of catering.
Bobby McDonnell. One of the McDonnells’ twin sons, Bobby McDonnell acknowledged receiving gifts from Williams, including golf clubs and golf outings.
Jonnie R. Williams Sr. The former CEO of Star Scientific, Williams is the prosecution’s key witness against the McDonnells. He testified that he gave the McDonnells gifts and loans because he wanted their help promoting his company’s primary product, a tobacco-derived health supplement called Anatabloc.
Mary-Shea Sutherland. Maureen McDonnell’s former chief of staff, she shared meals and airplane flights with Williams and, according to court records, hoped to go to work for him.
Jerri Fulkerson. A longtime assistant to Williams, Fulkerson testified that she wrote checks to the McDonnells at Williams’ direction. Requests from the McDonnells for money and favors were a regular occurence, she said.
Ken Cuccinelli. The former Virginia attorney general who lost the 2013 race for governor to Terry McAuliffe, Cuccinelli received $18,000 in gifts from Williams, $5,000 of which he says he forgot to report until the McDonnells’ situation became public.
Chef Todd Schneider. The former executive mansion chef catered Cailin McDonnell Young’s wedding reception at the governor’s mansion. He told authorities about Williams paying the catering bill after they began questioning him about food being stolen from the mansion. He pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges.
The judge
U.S. District Court Judge James R. Spencer. Appointed as a federal judge by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Spencer is a South Carolina native and a graduate of Harvard Law School.
Prosecutors
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Dry
Assistant U.S. Attorney David B. Harbach II
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan S. Faulconer
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard D. Cooke
Bob McDonnell defense attorneys
John Brownlee
Henry W. “Hank” Asbill
Christopher Michael Iaquinto
Elizabeth Newell Jochum
Jonathan Berry
James Burnham
Charles Carberry
Owen Thomas Conroy
Noel John Francisco
William Frederick Gould
Ryan Dean Newman
Hilary Keith Perkins
Mary Ellen Powers
Daniel Ira Small
Timothy James Taylor
Maureen McDonnell defense attorneys
William Burck
Heather Martin
Steven Michael Hauss
Kaiyeu Kevin Chu
Additional figures
Adam Zubowsky. One of the governor’s close aides, and a go-between for Williams. Zubowsky married one of the governor’s daughters, Jeanine, and Williams gave them $10,000 and first-class air tickets as a wedding gift.
Jasen Eige. A McDonnell administration attorney. When Williams first offerred to take Maureen McDonnell shopping, Eige shut it down. Later, when the governor emailed Eige about Anatabloc, Eige replied, “We need to be careful with this issue.”
Jerry Kilgore. A former Virginia attorney general and the lobbyist Williams hired in an effort to win grant funding from the state’s tobacco commission. Kilgore’s twin brother, Del. Terry Kilgore, chairs the commission, but Williams testified that he didn’t know that.
Paul Perito. Chairman and president of Star Scientific, Williams’ company. He’s a former federal prosecutor.
Michael and Maureen Uncapher. The governor’s sister and her husband. They’re partners with him in MoBo Real Estate, which owns the Virginia Beach rental homes that Williams subsidized with loans.
Bill Hazel. Secretary of Health under McDonnell and now Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Williams pitched him on Anatabloc during a meeting the governor agreed to, but Hazel wasn’t receptive.
