NBC12 – RICHMOND Va. (WWBT) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell a rehearing for his corruption convictions.
No judge voted in favor of the rehearing. The last step for McDonnell now is to go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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McDonnell remained free while his latest appeal move was decided.
The former Republican governor, once widely considered a possible running mate to former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was sentenced in January to two years in prison.