First they determined that no Virginia laws were broken.
Then they determined that no one has ever been prosecuted for the made-up Federal crimes that they pinned on McDonnell.
Now the Appeals Court is strongly hinting of prosecutor abuse.
NPR doesn't like it, still using words like sleazy and shrewd, while recognizing that there was no way McDonnell could have known that his actions were later to be labeled wrong.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/brace-for-it-robert-and-maureen-mcdonnell-could-ultimately-be-cleared-on-appeal/2015/01/28/ce77ebd6-a732-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html