RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has no legal right to see the instructions that were given to a grand jury that indicted him on corruption charges.

In court papers filed in Richmond, prosecutors say McDonnell’s lawyers used a motion for disclosure “as a public forum to castigate the government” without stating any legal basis for lifting the secrecy that normally applies to grand jury proceedings.

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