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RICHMOND Jonnie Williams wasn't looking for friends.
He was looking for "credibility."
The CEO of Star Scientific wanted the kind of credibility that could come from the endorsement of the governor of Virginia, or his wife, and the doors that would open for research studies and sales for a company that was pinning its hopes on a tobacco derived dietary supplement.
To achieve his goal, Williams, in his second day of immunized testimony on day four of the federal corruption trial of Bob and Maureen McDonnell, said he believed he needed to spend wads of money on the former first family.
He said the spending on golf trips, vacations, free flights, dresses, handbags, a Rolex and more than $145,000 in cash gifts and loans was not a token of friendship,ladies rolex oyster perpetual datejust replica, but the cost of doing business.
"The McDonnells were not my personal friends,replica rolex oyster perpetual datejust gold," Williams told the jury of eight men and four women hearing the case,rolex oyster perpetual datejust value replica, while on the witness stand, just a few steps away from the former governor and his wife.
Asked by federal prosecutor Michael Dry why he gave the gifts to the McDonnells, Williams responded: "I thought it was good for my company."
Williams also said that his business overtures did not include a romantic relationship with Maureen McDonnell, who defense attorneys had suggested had a crush on the smooth talking, free spending millionaire that contributed to the disintegration of the McDonnell marriage. Williams added that she didn't consider the relationship a romance, either.
But Williams said indulging the first family's luxury wants and financial needs was the reason he received Executive Mansion access for his product, Anatabloc, and access to the first couple and executive branch officials.
"Are you 100 percent sure that Bob McDonnell agreed to help your company because of the loans and gifts?" defense lawyer William Burck asked Williams during Williams' cross examination Thursday.
"I am 100 percent sure," Williams replied.
That contention could be vigorously challenged today when cross examination of the government's star witness resumes in federal court in Richmond.
Prosecutors on Thursday painted a portrait of a first family that greedily gobbled up anything Williams offered, and weren't shy about asking for more, including loans to bail them out of financial straits on their real estate investments.
Williams told the jury that at one point he had to say no when he received a call from the McDonnells' daughter Cailin, who, prompted by her mother, said that she had picked out a car for Williams to buy for her.
"I told her I just couldn't buy a car," Williams said he told Maureen McDonnell in a subsequent phone call. "I just couldn't do anything like that." Asked why, Williams said: "It's too visible."
But on other occasions, the Star Scientific CEO said yes such as Maureen McDonnell's request for a $6,000 plus Rolex watch to give her husband.
"It was a bad decision . I made a mistake when I bought the watch. I knew it was wrong. I shouldn't have to buy things like that to get the help I needed," he told the jury, which was given the opportunity to handle and inspect the now notorious timepiece.
Williams also said yes within 12 minutes to a request from the governor for a $20,000 loan. And then there was a $50,000 loan that he discussed with the governor during a private meeting at his office that he said both he and the governor did not want disclosed.
"I just assume keep this between us and no one know this," Williams said he told the governor. "And he said that was fine with him."
Williams went on to say: "I did not want anyone to know I was helping the governor financially with his problems, while he was helping our company."
Help for Star in exchange for personal gifts and loans are central to the government's corruption case, which posits that the McDonnells used the official acts of the governor's office to assist Williams because of his generosity to their flagging personal finances.
The McDonnells have insisted that Williams received no special treatment from the governor as a result of the gifts and monetary assistance,replica rolex perpetual datejust.
Rather, defense attorneys have charged that Williams is a "master manipulator" who duped the first family and later the federal government into an immunity deal that amounts to a get out of jail free card that protects him from securities violations in exchange for his "evolving" allegations of first couple corruption.
Here are some more highlights of Thursday's proceedings:
Dry presented as evidence a series of messages showing that the governor was closely following Star Scientific stock.
"Stock looking good. Well done," read one text from McDonnell on June 13, 2012.
"Stock looks good," McDonnell wrote again on July 3.
Williams responded to the governor that same day to let him know that results of human clinical trials on his product would be published on Aug. 8.
"If you need cash, let me know," he wrote to the governor, adding that his business "was about to break out strong."
RICHMOND Jonnie Williams wasn't looking for friends.
He was looking for "credibility."
The CEO of Star Scientific wanted the kind of credibility that could come from the endorsement of the governor of Virginia, or his wife, and the doors that would open for research studies and sales for a company that was pinning its hopes on a tobacco derived dietary supplement.
To achieve his goal, Williams, in his second day of immunized testimony on day four of the federal corruption trial of Bob and Maureen McDonnell, said he believed he needed to spend wads of money on the former first family.
He said the spending on golf trips, vacations, free flights, dresses, handbags, a Rolex and more than $145,000 in cash gifts and loans was not a token of friendship,ladies rolex oyster perpetual datejust replica, but the cost of doing business.
"The McDonnells were not my personal friends,replica rolex oyster perpetual datejust gold," Williams told the jury of eight men and four women hearing the case,rolex oyster perpetual datejust value replica, while on the witness stand, just a few steps away from the former governor and his wife.
Asked by federal prosecutor Michael Dry why he gave the gifts to the McDonnells, Williams responded: "I thought it was good for my company."
Williams also said that his business overtures did not include a romantic relationship with Maureen McDonnell, who defense attorneys had suggested had a crush on the smooth talking, free spending millionaire that contributed to the disintegration of the McDonnell marriage. Williams added that she didn't consider the relationship a romance, either.
But Williams said indulging the first family's luxury wants and financial needs was the reason he received Executive Mansion access for his product, Anatabloc, and access to the first couple and executive branch officials.
"Are you 100 percent sure that Bob McDonnell agreed to help your company because of the loans and gifts?" defense lawyer William Burck asked Williams during Williams' cross examination Thursday.
"I am 100 percent sure," Williams replied.
That contention could be vigorously challenged today when cross examination of the government's star witness resumes in federal court in Richmond.
Prosecutors on Thursday painted a portrait of a first family that greedily gobbled up anything Williams offered, and weren't shy about asking for more, including loans to bail them out of financial straits on their real estate investments.
Williams told the jury that at one point he had to say no when he received a call from the McDonnells' daughter Cailin, who, prompted by her mother, said that she had picked out a car for Williams to buy for her.
"I told her I just couldn't buy a car," Williams said he told Maureen McDonnell in a subsequent phone call. "I just couldn't do anything like that." Asked why, Williams said: "It's too visible."
But on other occasions, the Star Scientific CEO said yes such as Maureen McDonnell's request for a $6,000 plus Rolex watch to give her husband.
"It was a bad decision . I made a mistake when I bought the watch. I knew it was wrong. I shouldn't have to buy things like that to get the help I needed," he told the jury, which was given the opportunity to handle and inspect the now notorious timepiece.
Williams also said yes within 12 minutes to a request from the governor for a $20,000 loan. And then there was a $50,000 loan that he discussed with the governor during a private meeting at his office that he said both he and the governor did not want disclosed.
"I just assume keep this between us and no one know this," Williams said he told the governor. "And he said that was fine with him."
Williams went on to say: "I did not want anyone to know I was helping the governor financially with his problems, while he was helping our company."
Help for Star in exchange for personal gifts and loans are central to the government's corruption case, which posits that the McDonnells used the official acts of the governor's office to assist Williams because of his generosity to their flagging personal finances.
The McDonnells have insisted that Williams received no special treatment from the governor as a result of the gifts and monetary assistance,replica rolex perpetual datejust.
Rather, defense attorneys have charged that Williams is a "master manipulator" who duped the first family and later the federal government into an immunity deal that amounts to a get out of jail free card that protects him from securities violations in exchange for his "evolving" allegations of first couple corruption.
Here are some more highlights of Thursday's proceedings:
Dry presented as evidence a series of messages showing that the governor was closely following Star Scientific stock.
"Stock looking good. Well done," read one text from McDonnell on June 13, 2012.
"Stock looks good," McDonnell wrote again on July 3.
Williams responded to the governor that same day to let him know that results of human clinical trials on his product would be published on Aug. 8.
"If you need cash, let me know," he wrote to the governor, adding that his business "was about to break out strong."
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