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APPENDIX 3-C

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DORISH.SMITH

Lynchburg,VA

HonorableJamesR.Spencer

UnitedStatesDistrictJudge

EasternDistrictofVirginiaRichmondDivision

701E.BroadStreet

Richmond,VA 23219

DearJudgeSpencer,

ThankyouforservinginyourcapacityasoneofourU.S.DistrictJudges. Sinceourcountryis

oneoflawsbasedontheConstitutionoftheU.S.,weneedjudgessuchasyourselftoservethe

peopleinthiscapacity.

MynameisDorisSmithandImaresidentofLynchburg,VA. Ivebeenanactiveresidentof

Lynchburgandtheareafor13years. Iworkhardandspendlotsofenergyandefforttobuild

ourcommunityandStatesothosecomingbehindmewillhaveabetterlife.

Havingsaid

that,

Iwanted

to

let

you

know

that

Ihave

known

Governor

Bob

McDonnell

since

beforehebecameGovernor. Ifirstmethimapproximately7yearsago. Wehavebeen

togetherinmanysocialeventsandpartieswithlotsofconversationsaboutlifeandourbeliefs.

Asaneventsplannerandcoordinator,IorganizedeventsandfundraisersforBobwhenhewas

runningforGovernor. Heisproudofhistimeservinghiscountryinthemilitary. Heloveshis

family. HelovesGodandbelievesinwhatisright. EvenasGovernor,Bobneverputhimselfon

apedestal. Herespectsthelittlemanjustasmuchashedoesthemanonhislevel. Judge

Spencer,becauseIknowBobtobeamanofcharacterandethicsandamanofintegrity,Iam

askingyoutopleasebelenientinyoursentencing.

SinceBob

is

afirst

time

offender

and

didnt

directly

cause

any

harm

to

anyone

or

any

individual

otherthanhimself,Iamprayingandaskingthatyouconsiderbeinglenientforhissakeandthe

sakeofhisfamily. Iknowhisfamilyneedshim,especiallyhistwinsons,BobbyandSean,who

arestillincollege. Theyneedtheirdadsloveandsupport,inadditiontohisfinancialsupport.

Again,Ikindlyaskthatyoubelenientinhissentencingand,hopefully,suspendanytimesothat

hewillnothavetoservetimebehindbars.



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YourHonor,IamseekingthemercyoftheCourtwhenyoudecidethepunishmentandfateof

BobMcDonnellsfuture. Ihopethatyouwillreachdeepwithininmakingyourdecision.

YourHonor,Ithankyouforyourtimeandconsideration.

Respectfully,

DorisSmith



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Peter A. Snyder

t

Alexandria, VA

November 19, 2014

Honorable James R. Spencer

United States District Judge

Eastern Division of Virginia Richmond Division

701 E. Broad Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Dear Judge Spencer,

I am contacting you regarding Governor Bob McDonnell, who will be sentenced onJanuary 6, 2015. I've known Bob McDonnell for more than a decade. In that time

I've had the opportunity interact with him as he served in a number of different

roles and in a variety of environments as an attorney, as a public servant but much

more as a father, a husband and as a friend. Additionally in my over twenty years in

both business and politics, I've come across all sorts of characters, as you can

imagine. That being said, in every interaction that I witnessed, Bob McDonnell's

character and integrity always reflected one of a kind heart, a good conscience and a

true public servant.

I hope this letter will help you to make what I know will be a very hard decision.

Thank you for your service to the Commonwealth.

Sincerely,

Pete Snyder



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L i s a F r e n c h S u t t o n

M c D o n o u g h , G A

H o n o r a b l e J a m e s R . S p e n c e r

U n i t e d S t a t e s D i s t r i c t J u d g e

E a s t e r n D i s t r i c t o f V i r g i n i a

R i c h m o n d D i v i s i o n ,

7 0 1 E . B r o a d S t r e e t ,

R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a 2 3 2 1 9

O c t o b e r 1 0 , 2 0 1 4

D e a r J u d g e S p e n c e r :

A s a r e c e n t r e s i d e n t o f V i r g i n i a , I w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k y o u f o r y o u r s e r v i c e t o V i r g i n i a a n d h e r

c i t i z e n s .

I a p p r e c i a t e y o u r c o m m i t m e n t t o f a i r n e s s a n d j u s t i c e .

I a m w r i t i n g t o y o u o n b e h a l f o f m y d e a r f r i e n d , G o v e r n o r B o b M c D o n n e l l .

I a m a s k i n g t h a t y o u

p l e a s e c o n s i d e r l e n i e n c y w h e n m a k i n g y o u r d e c i s i o n a b o u t h i s s e n t e n c i n g .

I h a v e k n o w n

G o v e r n o r M c D o n n e l l s i n c e 1 9 9 7 w h e n I b e g a n w o r k i n g a s h i s L e g i s l a t i v e A s s i s t a n t . I h a v e n e v e r

m e t a m a n , l e t a l o n e a p o l i t i c i a n , w h o h a s m o r e i n t e g r i t y t h a n B o b M c D o n n e l l . B o b h a s d e d i c a t e d

h i s l i f e t o s e r v i n g t h e p e o p l e o f V i r g i n i a a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . H e s e r v e d m a n y y e a r s i n t h e U . S .

A r m y a n d R e s e r v e s a n d t h e n s e r v e d t h e p e o p l e o f V i r g i n i a a s a L e g i s l a t o r , A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l , a n d

G o v e r n o r . H e i s , b y f a r , o n e o f t h e m o s t s e l f l e s s m e n I k n o w .

A s h i s a s s i s t a n t , I s a w , e v e r y d a y , h i s d e s i r e t o s e r v e o t h e r s . W h e n e v e r a n y o n e , c o n s t i t u e n t , f r i e n d ,

o r e v e n p o l i t i c a l o p p o n e n t w a s i n n e e d , B o b w a s t h e r e t o h e l p . N o t o n l y d i d h e h e l p o t h e r s , h e p u t

h i s b e s t e f f o r t i n t o h e l p i n g t h e m .

I c a n n o t r e m e m b e r o n e o c c a s i o n w h e n h e d i d n o t g i v e h i s a l l t o

h e l p t h o s e w h o n e e d e d h i m .

I b e g a n t o u n d e r s t a n d B o b M c D o n n e l l ' s i n t e g r i t y e a c h d a y a s w e p r a y e d t o g e t h e r b e f o r e h e w e n t

i n t o S e s s i o n t o p a s s t h e l a w s t h a t w o u l d a f f e c t a l l V i r g i n i a n s . I w a t c h e d h i m s t r u g g l e t o m a k e s u r e

h e m a d e t h e w i s e s t , b e s t c h o i c e s f o r V i r g i n i a ' s c i t i z e n s . I n e v e r s a w h i m t a k e o n e d e c i s i o n a s a

L e g i s l a t o r f l i p p a n t l y o r w i t h o u t s e r i o u s c o n s i d e r a t i o n . H e w a n t e d t h e b e s t f o r V i r g i n i a .

A s a L e g i s l a t o r , B o b w a s b e y o n d r e p r o a c h .

I r e m e m b e r w h e n h e , a l o n g w i t h a l l t h e o t h e r

L e g i s l a t o r s , r e c e i v e d a b e a u t i f u l c o f f e e t a b l e b o o k o f p h o t o s o f V i r g i n i a . A t t h e t i m e , t h e l i m i t f o r

g i f t s t o L e g i s l a t o r s w a s 3 5 . W h e n h e f o u n d o u t t h e v a l u e o f t h e b o o k w a s 3 7 . 5 0 , h e i m m e d i a t e l y

r e t u r n e d i t t o t h e d o n o r . H e h a s t h a t m u c h i n t e g r i t y .

B o b M c D o n n e l l i s a m a n w h o l o v e s t h e L o r d a n d w a n t s t o p l e a s e H i m . H e w a n t s t o h o n o r G o d a n d

h i s f a m i l y . H e i s a n a s s e t t o V i r g i n i a , a n d h i s a b s e n c e w i l l c r e a t e a v a c u u m i n t h e s t a t e h e l o v e s .

A s y o u m a k e y o u r s e n t e n c i n g d e c i s i o n , p l e a s e t a k e i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n G o v e r n o r M c D o n n e l l ' s y e a r s

o f s e r v i c e t o V i r g i n i a a n d A m e r i c a b y s h o w i n g h i m l e n i e n c y a n d m e r c y .

V e r y r e s p e c t f u l l y ,

L i s a F . S u t t o n



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GOLD

KEYIPHR

H 0 T E L S & R E S 0 R T S

October 2, 2014

Honorable James R. Spencer United States

District

Judge

Eastern

District ofVirginia

Richmond

Division

701

E.

Broad Street

Richmond Virginia 23219

RE: Governor Bob McDonnell

Dear Judge Spencer,

I am certain by now you feel as though you have a full and complete understanding

of

the law and facts

and circumstances surrounding Governor McDonnell and his wife's trial and subsequent verdict.

Considering your background and experience as an officer

ofthe

court I am confident that your

assessment

of

the legal implications surrounding these charges and trial are correct. What does concern

me is that there was a perspective of Governor McDonnell I do not believe was adequately conveyed to

you or the jury.

I have known Bob McDonnell for the better part of wenty five years. My predisposition to support

Democrats running for state offices precluded me ever getting to really know Governor McDonnell prior

to his seeking the office ofAttorney General. It was during his Attorney Generals campaign that Bob and

I had lengthy discussions about the future

of

the Commonwealth, his personal goals and ambitions and his

character. The more I learned about Bob McDonnell the more I liked and respected him. Ultimately, I

enthusiastically endorsed and financially supported his campaign for Attorney General and Governor and

worked tirelessly to encourage my friends and colleagues to do the same. I doubt there are many that

have supported his efforts more than me.

My company is one ofthe largest hospitality companies in the Commonwealth. As a key supporter of he

Governor I utilized both our friendship and support to lobby the Governor to insure schools would not

open prior to Labor Day and candidly I was confident he would support my position in that regard. I was

wrong. Governor McDonnell gave me the courtesy of a call to advise me that in spite

of

our friendship

and my support for his campaigns the education of the children

of

he Commonwealth, in his mind, was

more important than the economic impact to the tourism industry as a result of sending students back to

school prior to the Labor Day weekend. His support of opening schools prior to Labor Day cost me and

my companies thousands

of

dollars to mount a campaign against the Governors school opening initiative.

While to date we have been successful in maintaining post labor day school openings in Virginia it

certainly was, much to my dismay, without the support or cooperation of

my

friend Governor

McDonnell.

To add insult to injury, after being solicited to become a member of the University

of

Virginia's Board

of

Visitors, it was Governor McDonnell who notified me that at this time in the school' s history I would not

be an acceptable candidate for the open position.

Once again, I was extremely disappointed. I had

dedicated a significant amount of my personal and financial resources to his campaign efforts however

when it came time to assist me with my personal interests Governor McDonnell acted in a manner that

was what he deemed to be in the best

in

terests

of

the Commonwealth. I do not know the Governor

McDonnell who bargains campaign contributions and friendship for personal favors and still to this da

y

do not believe that Bob McDonnell exists.

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GOL K Y

PHR

H 0 T E L S & R E S 0 R T S

The Governor McDonnell I

do

know cares deeply about people more than he has been portrayed any

time

during

the

trial. My son suffers daily in a fight against

the

most horrific disease, A.L.S. He was

diagnosed at 32 years of age

and

has two young children. I lead an

annual

initiative each year to raise

research money to provide unrestricted money to scientists and principle investigators studying stem cells

to

develop therapies for suffering A.L.S. patients that will either sustain or improve their health.

Thousands of people attend the event every ye

ar

and we have raised

over

$7 million dollars as a result of

this effort. Each year Governor McDonnell has attended this event. The majority of the politicians

that

join us

seek

the platform and podium

at

our fundraising

event

to be

in

front of thousands of voters.

Governor

McDonnell, on the other hand, first visits with my

son

as he is home bound. He

then

attends

the event (

ww w

.jtwalk.org)

and

spends the entire time not on the stage but in the handicap section where

the A.L.S. patients sit. While their

mind

is clear, they struggle with making sentences and their

speech

is

garbled but they want to talk

to

the Governor . He patiently sits for hours with them sorting

out

sentences

and waiting for translation from care givers.

He

holds their hand, he consoles care givers and he foc

uses

on every word as if hey are the most important people in the world. In most cases, A.L.S. patients '

spouses leave them as

care

is difficult and the financial

burden

creates a tremendous

amount of

stress, in

many

instances they lose their dignity

and

self-confidence

but

their mind

and

cognitive ability remain

intact.

The

time the Governor of Virginia spent with them not only lifted their spirits but gave them

hope

in

that th

ey

were not

forgotten . Governor McDonnell

knew ho

w impactful his presence was

and

consequently he visited with

each

patient until they left the

venue

. Many elected officials attend this

charity event and others of similar

natur

e. A consistent comment

of

all

the

event organizers is that

Bob

McDonnell has a sincere interest in those that are disenfranchised as a result of heir affliction. He is

exceptional in this regard.

Your honor,

Bob

McDonnell is a

good

man.

He

has given his

li f

e to public service and if it were not for

these series of events he would have gone down as one of the great Governors of he Commonwealth. He

has been publicly humiliated

to

a degree far worse than he deserves. He is financially ruined and is in a

hole that he will probably never escape. His family has been torn apart and his ability to earn income

or

enjoy the prestige and benefits as a former Governor of Virginia vanquished. Has he not paid enough?

The only

thing

he truly has left is his faith. His

belief

, one in

which

I share, is that the good Lord will

take care of him.

fully appreciate the difficulty you must face in passing sentence on what we a

ll

know to be a

fundamentally good person. hope in

eva

luating your sentencing options you will consider the totality of

the body of his

work

as both a citizen

and

elected official

and

the pain and suffering he has already

endured.

I

thank

you for your service

an

d trust

that you

wi ll

be

compassionate and understanding

in

delivering the

final sentence.

ruce Thompson

ChiefExecutive Officer

Gold Key

PHR

, Inc.

300 32

d

Street Suite 500 Virginia Beach, Virginia 2345 1 (757)

49

1-

3000 FAX: (757) 437-8342



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