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Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Misusing $250,000 in Campaign Funds
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December 3, 2019
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2:27Now PlayingA federal prosecutor vowed Tuesday to seek jail time for California Rep. Duncan Hunter who pleaded guilty Tuesday to misusing $250,000 in campaign funds for his own personal expenses.
The six-term Republican, who had fought the allegations for more than a year, showed no emotion in the courtroom and only spoke in affirming his guilty plea.
Outside the federal courthouse in San Diego, Hunter, 42, offered a brief statement, saying, “I failed to monitor and account for my campaign spending. I made mistakes and that’s what today was all about.” He said he would discuss his future later.
In his plea deal, Hunter said he and his wife dipped into the election funds between 2010 and 2016 more than 30 times and tried to hide it by falsely reporting the expenses - from their daughter’s birthday party at the famed Hotel Del Coronado to an outing with friends in Washington at a french bistro - were campaign-related.
An early supporter of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election bid, Hunter is the second Republican congressman to pleaded guilty to federal charges this year.
The former combat Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan declined to say when he would leave office, where he has spent 11 years.
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