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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Early Trump-backing Republican congressman Duncan D. Hunter </strong></span><strong>[R-Cal]</strong>, <span style="color: #000000;"><strong>has been indicted with his wife for &#8216;spending $250,000 of campaign funds on vacations, golf trips and an airline ticket for his rabbit&#8217; </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Hunter, 41, like Trump has branded revelation of his long accumulating campaign finance transgressions a politically motivated &#8216;Witch Hunt&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Over seven years Hunter and his wife Margaret allegedly used more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for groceries,school tuition, golf trips and overseas vacations, prosecutors say</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He allegedly hid the misuse, between 2009 and 2016, by falsifying records</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Addressing the media on Thursday, the staunch Trump supporter struck back, describing the allegations as plot to win the upcoming mid-term by the &#8216;deep state&#8217;, through the backdoor</strong></span></h6>
<h6><b><span style="color: #000000;">He sees the timing of the indictment as politically motivated and accused prosecutors of being partisan</span></b></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298385" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Duncan-Hunter-3.jpg" alt="Duncan Hunter 3.jpg" width="1350" height="759" />It&#8217;s &#8216;the deep state&#8217; at work. Rep Duncan D Hunter dismissed his campaign finance woes as political assassination by democrats, as he put it all behind him and went deep sea fishing on Thursday</strong></h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, who was indicted Wednesday on campaign finance violations addressed questions from the media after returning from a Rivers of Recovery Fishing Tournament for Wounded Combat Veterans fundraiser in San Diego on Thursday.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">The Republican Congressman accused of frittering away $250,000 in campaign donations on private expenses has described the claims against him as a witch hunt.Duncan Hunter, a representative from San Diego and an early Trump supporter, was indicted on Tuesday along with his wife Margaret for misusing campaign funds and lying about it on federal records.<br />
Speaking out on Wednesday, Hunter said the timing of the indictment &#8211; just months away from the mid-term elections &#8211; was &#8216;politically motivated&#8217;.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298381" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Duncan-Hunter-right-his-wife-and-Speaker-John-Bohner-in-2011.jpg" alt="Duncan Hunter [right], his wife and Speaker John Bohner in 2011.JPG" width="680" height="595" />Rep. Duncan Hunter [right] and his wife Margaret [pictured with then House Speaker John Boehner, left, in 2011], were both indicted Tuesday on federal charges that they used more than $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses</strong></h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Hunter, a Republican, and his wife Margaret Hunter were named in a 48-page indictment filed in San Diego federal court. Mirroring President Trump himself, Hunter described the charges as a witch hunt before attacking the media for misleading headlines.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Throwing the name of former Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Hillary Clinton into his argument, saying: &#8216;Overwhelming evidence indicated that Hillary Clinton took direct action to circumvent investigations into her campaign, she was interviewed and no action was taken.<br />
&#8216;After two years of investigation into my campaign, I have never been interviewed and they made a decision to prosecute.&#8217;<br />
In a statement printed by the <a class="class" href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-hunter-statement-20180822-story.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">San Diego Union Tribune</a>, he wrote: &#8216;There is a culture operating within our Justice Department that is politically motivated.<br />
&#8216;We are seeing this with President Trump; we are seeing this with my case.<br />
&#8216;This is evidenced by the fact that after two years of investigating, the Department of Justice decided to take this action right before my election.&#8217;</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298382" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/margaret-and-Duncan-Hunter-2.jpg" alt="margaret and Duncan Hunter 2.JPG" width="685" height="462" /><strong>GOP Rep. Hunter seen here with his wife Margaret both have been named in a 48-page indictment filed in San Diego federal court, listing their long-term practice of using campaign contributions as their personal checking account for family expenses and vacations<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">He then goes on to attack the media for printing &#8216;salacious and misleading headlines&#8217; about him, before adding that he has remained silent so he can keep helping voters.<br />
After bringing up Clinton he turns his sights on prosecutors, writing: &#8216;Three prosecutors, two of which are directly involved this case, attended a fundraising event at a private home in La Jolla in 2015, one of which was the individual who signed the indictment.<br />
&#8216;We know these individuals attended this event from 9:00-12:00 noon during working hours. We are told that this was at the request of Secret Service to officially assist law enforcement with protection, but this explanation is disputed by former U.S. Attorneys familiar with the responsibilities of their office.<br />
&#8216;The obvious question is why would the Secret Service need three prosecutors at a fundraising event? The answer is they are partisan prosecutors.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298387" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Duncan-Hunter-4.jpg" alt="Duncan Hunter 4.JPG" width="705" height="474" /><strong>Despite his protestations, the House Ethics panel had investigated allegations that Hunter [photo] improperly converted campaign funds to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, in conjunction with his wife</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;My constituents are not easily misled. I know they can recognize a political agenda when they see it and they can disregard empty rhetoric when they hear it.<br />
&#8216;I fought for our nation against terrorists in the Marine Corps. I fight for my constituents in the halls of Congress.<br />
&#8216;I will fight this in the same manner and with the same level of determination because I believe in what I am fighting for and still have faith that evidence and the rule of law will trump political agendas and bias.&#8217;<br />
On Wednesday Hunter and his wife were named in a 48-page indictment filed in San Diego federal court on Tuesday. The indictment alleges the money was taken between 2009 and 2016, adding that the couple concealed the misuse by falsifying campaign finance records, claiming the expenses were campaign-related.<br />
Hunter, 41, an early supporter of President Donald Trump, won a fifth term in 2016 representing a heavily Republican San Diego-area district. His father represented the area for many years in Congress.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The House Ethics panel had investigated allegations that Hunter improperly used campaign funds to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, such as trips to Hawaii and Italy and tuition for Hunter&#8217;s children.<br />
The panel said in March that it was delaying the inquiry at the request of the Justice Department.<br />
Hunter and his wife reportedly had overdrawn their bank account 1,100 times during the period, and paid over $27,000 in overdraft fees. The congressman however, maintains he has settled the issue after repaying his campaign about $60,000.<br />
On the vexing expenditure on a pet rabbit, Hunter&#8217;s office said at the time that one of the charges he repaid was a $600 fee for flying a pet bunny with his family.<br />
There was no intent to stick donors with the cost&#8217;, Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper said at the time.<br />
Pointing to the rabbit expense as an example of overreach by the congressional ethics office, Kasper told AP that the congressman used airline miles to pay for his family&#8217;s travel and there was an assumption that bringing along the rabbit would not incur an extra charge.<br />
Subsequently, Hunter found out his campaign had paid for the rabbit&#8217;s transport. He then paid back the money as part of more than $60,000 in other questionable charges, Kasper said.</p>
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GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, indicted with his wife for ‘spending $250,000 of campaign funds on vacations, golf trips and an airline ticket for his rabbit’ borrows Trump vocabulary, brands misappropriation case politically-motivated ‘Witch Hunt’
