we take a closer look at the charges against mcdonnell with rosalind helderman. she's been covering the story for the "washington post." thank you for joining us. r organize s helderman, tell us exactly what are the kinds of charges the government has leveled against the former governor and his wife. >> it's a very extensive indictment. it's 14 counts in all against both the governor and his wife. there are things like bank fraud, an obstruction charge for the first lady. there is wire fraud, these are basically federal corruption statutes. and what it boils down to is a quid pro quo, exchanging the promise of official action by the state of virginia on behalf of a wealthy businessman's company in exchange for gifts and loans. >> and some of the details are pretty remarkable. the e-mail exchanges between miss mcdonald and the governor's staff about the what she called unconscionable amount of credit-card debt they had, the shopping trip that she went on with the businessman johnny williams. tell us about some of that. >> yeah, what emerged from the indictment is

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