If 2013 was the year of Filner and Weiner, 2014 is (so far, anyway) the year of Republican corruption. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is in hot water after his staff (without his knowledge, he insists!) implemented a traffic study that just happened to clog traffic in the borough of a mayor who hadn’t endorsed him for re-election.

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife have now been indicted for not just accepting but in fact seeking out and requesting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from a political donor, according to court documents.