Federal prosecutors have accused Rep. Duncan Hunter of improperly using campaign funds to pursue numerous romantic affairs with congressional aides and lobbyists, according to a new court filing late Monday night.
Hunter’s wife has pleaded guilty and agreed earlier this month to cooperate with prosecutors. Prosecutors also filed motions to permit Margaret Hunter’s testimony to be used at trial, which is slated for September 10.EmailBy signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
In another incident in 2015, Hunter allegedly took a House leadership aide out for cocktails and then took an Uber back to his office after they spent the night together. Both expenses were charged to his campaign account, prosecutors say. Prosecutors also pleaded with the judge in Hunter's case to "admonish" Hunter to stop attacking them as politically biased. Hunter, they said, had attempted to connect his case to President Donald Trump's claims of an FBI "witch hunt" against him."Hunter may freely proclaim his innocence to the public. He may dispute the validity of the charges against him. He may insist that the jury will acquit after reviewing the evidence.
erniefay He needs to be expelled from the House of Representatives.
Five extramarital affairs for a guy who is from the Party of a Family Values 😂😂😂🤣🤣
PARTY OF FAMILY VALUES!!! 💯😂😂😂
Lock him up.
SwampThing
grifterrus. deplorablesrus
LouiseMensch patribotics was first to expose disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter.
It's the NEW GOP/NAZI Party with the motto 'Do as you're told and not as I do.' NAZI/GOP
TrueFactsStated Wild Thing...
He was Duncan his Donuts.
TrueFactsStated Boy, is Rep_Hunter was a Democrat, he'd be in a lot of trouble right about now. IOKIYAR, PartyOverCountry, TheMagicR
ComplicitGOP strikes again. Now, where is my shocked face? Oh. Here it is. 😐😐😐
Filed under things that are not at all surprising...
He’s running! GOP Values Platform!
And everyone wonders why his wife took the plea deal.....ha Shes cooperating. Goodbye Duncecan
Please don’t tell Donald Trump he will appoint him to a Cabinet position!
Oh, yeah, GOP is the “family party”!
cooperchip1 Another one? Can't these guys keep it in their pants?
Sounds exactly on message for the GOP and their supporters.
Time for tvevangelists to say God sent him as an angel
JC! People! Stop electing these POS men!
No? Well, that's what I heard.
Needs to resign now if true
Sad to see any politician abuse thier position for personal gain, even worse is a corrupted DOJ that is mired in political corruption with individuals like Baccerra. Two corrupted entities are colliding, the larger if the two will win, not by truth, by unlimited resources
If you're still a Republican my god read more
Use it and keep using it
The party of trump!
That's naughty.
cooperchip1 I am sure he will win reelection. The people of his district are bigots.
Lock him up
Some people will call him a crook, but I just refer to him as a Republican
Zip Him Up oops, LOCK HIM UP!
Roasted. Toast. 💥
So all the suckers that donated to his campaign were literally bankrolling cigarettes, gas, school fees and dates with women. How can you say no to a lobbyist you're sleeping with?
ResistsMiranda The people in his district knew he was a crook and re-elected him anyway. America in decline. Trump has made corruption acceptable.
Ok. And? What’s the problem? 👉🏽Hunter is a Repub. 🤷🏽♀️ Stealing and cheating is only a prob if you’re a Dem. duh 🙄 Geez!
Not shocked, nor chagrined
More GOP takers. Proof right here!
What about Trump?
I wonder what he did or didn't do for Trump
dunc the skunk
Another GOPer criminal hypocrite! Is there any other kind? Doubt it.
Of course he did...duuuhhhh
lavenderblue27 Just when you think it can't get one iota worse...the dick comes out.
I’m sure this will have no impact on his reelection.
Campaign funds used to finance at least 5 extramarital affairs.
Okay, so, forgive the salaciousness but this is just too... wow. Duncan Hunter is a GOP Rep in the House of Representatives, CA50 district. He's under felony indictment (60+ counts) for using his campaign funds as a personal checking account. 1/3
And I’m sure GOP won’t be outraged!!! Outrage is only shown to Dems.
Shameless
Crooks galore!
GOPIG
Well, he's just one of the boys, right GOP realDonaldTrump?
For a time my mom was in his dad’s district.For long time San Diegans, you know his dad was a dick. Apple didn’t fall far from that tree. Now we know why his wife flipped on him. His district was made aware of his crimes & rather than vote for a brown man, put a crook in office.
Is there anything vile and corrupt that our tax dollars are NOT paying for? Would make for a shorter story.
He's not my type 😂
Family values
Is there any Reputable Republicans any more? Disgusting!
Why are you silent, GOP ? Duncan hunter needs to resign
Fucking GOP
deray Damn! These Republicans have more sex than the rest of us 🤷🏾♀️
That facial expression of Rep_Hunter in the pic just says DoucheBag
gop proving once again they are the Party of 'Family Values'🙄 Snark
Republicans all that sinning. Trump raping, and now this guy with the mistresses. Hypocrites
Those GOP members really believe they are shielded behind their shining example - Donald Trump.... money, sex, greed and lying.
Finally! Referendum Vote2020
butterfly4u4eva Why not name the woman involved if they are quilts too? We don’t need this going on in our government!!!
And yet he was re-elected.
Well. Now we know why his wife flipped on him. 💅🏾 I told you so, San Diego. I told you so. BlueWave
That is the Republican way!
If this is true, this is just one of thousands from presidents down.....Remember the congressional “slush fund” historyofnow
Bet it will be painted as trumps fault
If you add up all these examples, the % of elected liars, cheaters, and thieves is not small. Do they represent general society? Or are they worse?
Like his boss?
What a wicked web we weave! If true, what an idiot. Sadly, I will bet there are more in Congress just like him.
Not surprising in the least. This train wreck of a human threw his wife under the bus and cheated on her multiple times.
He needs to go to jail.
GOP, Party of values? I don't think so. You can't support cheating spouses, rapist, child molesters, and crimes against humanity and call yourself a person of faith. If you do, you're a self righteous hypocrite!
But still not worried about Cummings wife stealing money or aoc misusing funds or Omar tax fraud We all knew the rules are different for liberals
The evangelical/GOP way
I had a limo driver in Washington. Who told me he regularly drive Hunter to clubs and parties - nearly every night - and often brought him back with one girl or another. I think his wife knows now.
Fire the Man !!!!!!!!! What does it take for God's Sake !!!!!!!!!
Come on now, Dude just wants to be like Trump. He’s whining that this is a witch hunt and wants the trial moved to a county that favored Trump in 2016. Disgraceful
He got caught with his pants down 🤣
I read the indictment and was clutching my pearls in shock the whole time.
GOP used to be the family values party. What a crock...
He’s just trying to endear himself to his sexual predator President. He’ll probably get a Presidential gold star ⭐️ for this.
potus gop GOPChairwoman Apples don’t fall far from trees!
The “Party of Family Values”? No.
This is why Dems didn't go with the brand The Family Values Party. When, inevitably, a politician is ludicrously immoral, Dems aren't the party LITERALLY NAMED after fidelity. Careful, conservatives, your sanctimony is showing again.
Ask for executive privilege. It's the GOP thing to do these days. crimestoppers
One of the top reasons I never vote for new taxes EVER, these losers keep using OUR MONEY to pay for their filandering!!! I’m not working so they can feed their sex addiction! So sick of it.
As if. Eing a Republican wasn’t already hard enough in California! Wow! Multiple affairs. No wonder he had no money
He vaped in Congress... Why are y'all surprised?
Lol. Fine. But how about some real hardcore crimes ?
He also bragged (?) about killing hundreds of civilians just a few weeks ago. He's the ideal GOP sociopath.
Such a Republican with full support of the Evangelicals for his Family Values.
Let's hear from the lovely Margaret Hunter.
And he blamed his wife - another example of why this party is Deplorable.
Well, that sounds like an automatic promotion to the “cabinet secretary position of his choice”, in the Trump administration. I’m sure Trump will be inviting Duncan over to the White House for dinner by the weekend.
Romantic affairs? WTF?
Jury of your peers does not mean you get to choose their political affiliation. And doesn’t it seem like the carrying out of all those affairs perhaps impinged on his legislative duties more than someone asking questions about his crimes?
So how is he removed from congress? What’s the procedure?
Why hasn’t the DOJ done anything about Trumps corruption and obstructions ? The Mueller Report spells it out and DOJ redacted no different then Sessions recusing himself they’re both suppose to protect the American people not Trump !
He should have been smart like Democrats and set up GhostEmployees and pay them off that way. Congress still won’t reveal whose sexcapades were hushed w/taxpayer funds. AuditPayroll
The party of family values.
GOP and trump go hand in hand...
PhDnotMD Can’t ever trust the GOP! Simply, in a word, DISGUSTING !!!
lol
Nice try bro trying to use political bias LOL. You don’t even need Colombo to see through that bullshit
Ts and Ps.
This guy is a world class shitbag. How is he still in office?
Family values!😂😂😂😂😂😆😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆
maga
Why is he allowed to run for office? No one under federal investigation should be allowed to run.
I am so ashamed we re-elected this crap fest in 2018, especially after his dirty and false campaign against his Democratic opponent.
Govt is always fucking someone
Thank you thank you Rep Duncan Hunter for supporting our Military
And Republicans STILL haven’t demanded that he resign? DuncanHunter RepublicanHypocrites hypocrites liar liesdontmatter
He also did war crimes.
Didn’t our Pres.... never mind.
There’s no end to GOP FUCKERY!
What a joke the GOP is! So sanctimonious and pretentious and yet they are disgusting Dirty Perverts as soon as the cameras go away! He should be thrown in jail
I see a promotion in his future.
That explains why he's still married - she stole the money, too.
Or, could it be Politico knows the typical liberal doesn’t care much about the whole ‘innocent until proven guilty’ thing. All the lying media has to do is make unfounded allegations and most liberals will convict him without any evidence of wrongdoing.
Prosecute! & kick him outta office!
Oh, Duncan. Congrats! You are now qualified to be a republican candidate for president! Bless your heart.
And he was trying to blame his wife? Family values
Shocking! A politician I'm shocked, I tell you.
Could this story get any worse? Did any of his mistresses get pregnant? Abortions? GOP hypocrisy. Sowing, reaping, exposing. LOL
Yet another right wing R creep.
Trump was right when he said he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot someone and not lose voters. This is how that mentality spread to the rest of the gop. Hey GOPChairwoman, TSPA is your Republican Party! Aren’t you proud.
your GOP..the PIG FARM..wow. GOPChairwoman
At least Aaron Schock was going for a Downton Abbey look, peacock feathers and all. He wasn't using his money on Mr. Pamuk.
He needs to resign yesterday. This is absurd.
Duncan Dips
FAMILY VALUES right
He’s going to be fine...look at rRump!
Yea....this sounds about right
Fry him!
Isn’t this the “family values” of the GOP? Evangelicals seem to think it’s ok. So why not...they just want to stay in power.
He has Obviously Done a Few Things Wrong.
no wonder his wife flipped on him
Utterly shocking.
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