Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will learn Tuesday whether he will serve time in prison — and if so how long he will spend there.
A federal judge in Richmond is set to determine the Republican’s punishment for 11 convictions on public corruption charges.
It is the culmination of an emotional legal process that often pitted McDonnell and other members of his family against his wife, Maureen, who was also convicted and will be sentenced on Feb. 20.
The best possibility for McDonnell is that the judge will accept his lawyers plea for 6,000 hours of community service.
But prosecutors in the case have argued that he should serve 10 to 12 years, in line with nonbinding federal sentencing guidelines.
McDonnell’s sentencing is set to begin at 10 a.m.