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.The Washington Post on Monday and the Associated Press on Tuesday revealed that FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationships between McDonnell, his wife Maureen, and Jonnie Williams Sr., a major McDonnell campaign donor and the chief executive officer of a company called Star Scientific, which makes an anti-inflammatory dietary supplement called Anatabloc. (Last month, the company disclosed that it was the subject of a federal securities investigation.)
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