After Emotional Day, Former Governor Back On Stand

By LARRY O'DELL, ALAN SUDERMAN and MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 08/22/2014 - 2:00am

(AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who says that at one time he got in the habit of working late to escape his wife's wrath, has once again taken refuge — this time at the rectory in St. Patrick's Catholic Church. The couple's marriage is a key element of the defense, which suggests they could not have engaged in a criminal conspiracy because they were barely communicating. McDonnell testified that he doesn't believe his wife had an affair with Williams, but that they had developed an intense, emotional connection to which he had been oblivious. The marital tension worsened in late 2011, McDonnell said, when he would often come home to his wife's overblown complaints about her staff. McDonnell said his wife yelled over the phone at assistants and became angry with him when he told her she shouldn't treat the staff so badly.

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