Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell pitched the benefits of an anti-inflammatory pill during a meeting in his office more than two years ago, a witness told the court on Monday.

Virginia Department of Human Resource Management Director Sara Wilson said the embattled ex-governor took out a bottle of Anatabloc during a meeting about health care that she and her boss had with McDonnell in March 2012.

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Wilson was called as a witness on the 11th day of the federal public corruption trial of McDonnell and his wife, Maureen.

The McDonnells are facing 14 counts of corruption and bribery charges after authorities found that the couple received more than $165,000 worth of gifts and loans from Jonnie Williams Sr., former chief executive officer of Star Scientific Inc., in exchange for promoting the company's health supplemental pills, including Anatabloc.

During her testimony, Wilson said she and her boss, state administration secretary Lisa Hicks-Thomas, were just wrapping their meeting about health issues when McDonnell pulled out the bottle of Anatabloc, saying that "it has helped him and his wife."

Aside from Wilson, the jury also heard from McDonnell's former chief of staff, Martin Kent.

Kent testified that he had no knowledge that the McDonnells had received gifts from Williams, but he said the state police guards were hurt when McDonnell used Williams' Ferrari for a drive back to the governor's mansion in Richmond.

By using the executive's car, McDonnell breached a rule that he and his wife had to be driven by state police, which in turn, hurt the morale of the police guards assigned to him, Kent said.

"I asked him not to do it again," Kent said.

In addition, Kent told the court that there were notes in the governor's handwriting, which referred to a "50k note" and a "loan of 50k shares to Maureen."

Prosecutors argued previously that Williams initially gave $50,000 to Maureen McDonnell as loan before he decided to give the couple shares of the company so Robert McDonnell could borrow an additional $50,000.

The couple stands to face more than 20 years in prison as well as pay a hefty fine if they are convicted on the charges.

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