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<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #808080;"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s important not to have a public trial for three reasons, and those three reasons are my kids&#8221;</em></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>GOP congressman Hunter said he will change ‘not guilty’ plea in campaign finance case involving claims he had 5 mistresses</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, 42, announced that he will plead guilty to one count of misuse of campaign funds in Tuesday’s court appearance</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>The California Republican is facing charges he looted campaign cash to finance lavish lifestyle</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>Hunter and his wife Margaret were indicted for improperly spending more than $250,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses such as plane tickets, restaurant meals, dentistry, gas and golfing</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>The congressman allegedly used a campaign credit card to cover the cost of his trysts with one lobbyist lover and spent campaign cash on affairs with four other women</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>Hunter suggested in a national TV interview that his wife, who also served as his campaign chairwoman, was to blame for any accounting discrepancies</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>Margaret Duncan later flipped, pleading guilty in June under a deal that included testifying against her husband</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="color: #4a3838;"><strong>Margaret Hunter is due to be sentenced April 13</strong></span></h6>
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<div class="align-center"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A Republican congressman from San Diego has agreed to plead guilty in a case that claimed he used campaign donations for extramarital &#8220;encounters” with five women.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-Calif], is due to appear in federal court Tuesday to change his plea on at least one of his 60 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, falsification of records and prohibited use of campaign contributions, online court records confirmed.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The embattled politician told </span><a href="https://www.kusi.com/congressman-duncan-d-hunter-announces-guilty-plea-on-one-count-of-misuse-of-campaign-funds/">KUSI News</a><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> he will plead guilty to one count of misuse of campaign funds.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“I think it’s important not to have a public trial for three reasons, and those three reasons are my kids,” Hunter told the station. “I think it would be really tough for them.”</span></div>
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<div class="CallToAction-text" data-scribe="element:profile_text"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">According to prosecutors, Hunter and his wife Margaret improperly spent more than $250,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses such as plane tickets, restaurant meals, dentistry, gas and golfing.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Hunter allegedly used a campaign credit card to cover the $1,008 tab for a sexy ski weekend with one lobbyist lover near Lake Tahoe. He also took the same woman on a weekend trip to Virginia Beach, prosecutors said.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">When his wife changed her flight for a planned campaign trip to Washington, Hunter took the opportunity to stay at a Capitol Hill hotel with the same paramour in June 2011, prosecutors said.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">After that relationship ended in 2012, Hunter spent campaign cash on affairs with four other women, prosecutors said.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Hunter is charged with using campaign funds for personal expenses, ranging from groceries to family vacations. The trial date for Congressman Duncan D. Hunter’s corruption charges was scheduled for Jan. 22, 2020.</span></div>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-337523" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Duncan-Hunter-3.jpg" alt="Duncan Hunter 3" width="800" height="449" /><strong>Rep. Duncan Hunter, [photo] and his wife Margaret are alleged to have spent more than $250,000 of campaign donors&#8217; money on family expenses like trips, groceries and theater tickets</strong></span></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Congressman Duncan D. Hunter announced that he will plead guilty to one count of misuse of campaign funds in Tuesday’s court appearance.<br />
Hunter’s announcement was updated on the U.S. District Court docket Monday morning. His change of plea hearing is set for December 3, before Judge Thomas J. Whelan.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Hunter and his wife were both indicted on campaign finance violations last year and pled not guilty.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Soon after, Hunter suggested in a national TV interview that his wife, who also served as his campaign chairwoman, was to blame for any accounting issues.<br />
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</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“Whatever she did, that will be looked at, too, I’m sure,” Hunter told Fox News. “But I didn’t do it.”<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Margaret later flipped, agreeing to plead guilty in June under a deal that reportedly included a promise she would testify against her husband.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Hunter, 42, was scheduled to go to trial next month.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Margaret Hunter is due to be sentenced April 13.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">For 39 years, the Hunter family has represented San Diego in the 50th Congressional District, but that may come to an end next year, but with a swing in political fortunes , several challengers have entered the race for the 50th Congressional District, most of whom are fellow Republicans, since the charges were brought against the congressman.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">42-year-old Rep. Hunter is being challenged by former Congressman Darrell Issa, Carl DeMaio, State Senator Brian Jones, as well as Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar.</span></p>
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Congressman Duncan Hunter to plead guilty plea in campaign finance case involving claims he had 5 mistresses and looted campaign cash with his wife to finance lavish style
