A Richmond judge will rule later this week on whether to dismiss embezzlement charges against a former Virginia Executive Mansion chef.
Last week, the judge rejected a defense request to subpoena Cuccinelli and one of his top assistants to testify at Monday's hearing, sparing Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor, from being compelled to answer questions in a politically explosive case less than four months before the election.
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State law requires a judge's approval to subpoena the governor, attorney general or lieutenant governor. In court papers opposing the motion, Cuccinelli also cited a Virginia State Bar rule that says only a prosecutor can request a subpoena for a lawyer to testify in a case involving a current or former client, and the request must be approved by a judge.
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