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Cuccinelli Won’t Return Gifts: ‘There Are Some Bells You Can’t Unring’

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli speaks after his nomination as the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia at the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va. on Saturday, May 18, 2013.
By Perry Stein
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July 31, 2013 2:31 p.m.
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Unlike Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) will not be returning more than $18,000 in gifts he received from political donor and Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams.

McDonnell said Tuesday he plans to return and repay all the gifts that he received from Williams. But Cuccinelli told reporters Wednesday he didn’t recieve the kinds of gifts that can be returned, saying “there are some bells you can’t unring,” according to NBCWashington.

Among the gifts Cuccinelli received from the embattled donor: a $1,500 catered Thanksgiving dinner, private jet trips and vacation accommodations.

 

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Perry Stein Perry is a News Writer for Talking Points Memo based in Washington D.C. Prior to TPM, she was a reporter-research at The New Republic and worked for her hometown paper, The Miami Herald. Perry can be reached at perry@talkingpointsmemo.com.
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