During his two-year state-salaried tenure at Virginia's Executive Mansion, chef Todd Schneider was paid to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for Gov. Bob McDonnell and the first family. Instead, he ended up as the first family's "personal shopper and private caterer" - called upon to perform duties "far beyond the scope" of his employment for which he was not paid, according to a filing by Schneider's lawyers in the embezzlement case against him. Tucker Martin, McDonnell's spokesman, said of Schneider's filing: "These are claims made by an individual facing four felony charges of embezzlement. Assertions regarding this matter should be properly considered in a court of law." Defendants...
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