McDonnell: ‘It's over' were the words I've been waiting for

FILE-Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (Copyright by WSLS - All rights reserved)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WRIC) — "He called me five minutes after his call, 1:45 and he said the words I have been waiting for and that is ‘it's over.'"

That's what former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell told 8News' Parker Slaybaugh on Monday about the moment he found out the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his corruption case, meaning he would not be re-tried.

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McDonnell met Slaybaugh inside of his new Virginia Beach offices for the small business he and his sister have started.

Nothing was off-limits — from the trial, his marriage, his new-found freedom, and even if he sees a future in politics for himself.

On January 21, 2014, Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen stepped to the podium to address felony indictments that had just been filed against him.

"I come before you this evening as someone who has been falsely and wrongfully accused," he said on that January day.

Since that day — 31 months ago– McDonnell has never talked publicly about the charges, the trial, and his acquittal, until now.

"It was February 15th of 2013, a Friday night, I'll never forget it my wife told me, because she had been interviewed and it just ripped my heart out," he explained.