high-tech tracking equipment was totally useless. later for better or worse, embattled republican congressman duncan hunter pointing fingers at his wife. why he says she is solely to blame for allegedly misusing a quarter of a million dollars in campaign funds. you are live in the cnn newsroom. it is such a good time to kiss it is such a good time to dance it is such a good time to [ laughing ] scoobidoo doobidoo scoobidoo doobidoo [ goose honking ] [ laughing ] a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. progressive helps keep you out there. oh! oh! ozempic®! (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven
about what this means for democrats and republicans. you are the company you keep in many cases. look, i don t think there s any convince dense th coincidence that a lot of these people were drawn to trump. and they did. and i don t think it s a convince dense that you re starting to see some of these scandals finally come to light. duncan hunter has been investigated for going on two years now. this didn t just happen overnight. it has nothing to do with the deep state. the attorney general investigating hunter is a trump appointee. but you know, you have to wonder what democrats are going to do with all of this. if you remember back in 2006, painting republicans as having a cultural of corruption, it was very successful. will they do that now or decide no, no, we still want the run on policy. we want to run on health care
entered the halls of justice in san diego. he and his wife making their first court appearance after being indict by a federal grand jury. they re accused of stealing more than $250,000 of campaign funds to furnish a lavish lifestyle. including a $14,000 family trip to italy. $11,000 at costco. 3,000 on fast food and hundreds of dollars on clothing. some of which prosecutors say they tried to pawn off as charity for wounded veterans. both remained defiant. not guilty to the 60 counts against them. the day before court, hunter went on the attack. i paid the money back. this is political. period. that is also what he told a crowd at a town hall in 2017. what i am is a representative to you and a campaign finance stunt i was not watching it close enough. i have fixed it now. i have fixed it now. it s all straightened out. a grand jury didn t see it
noticed he was accompanied only by his lawyers and not his wife, who is indicted along with him for misuse of campaign funds. but margaret hunter arrived separately, with her own lawyers. and then inside the courtroom the hunters reportedly didn t even look at each other. now, there are some clues in the actual indictment about what could be going on there. in june 2011 congressman hunter allegedly stayed at a capitol hill hotel named, i kid you not, the liaison with an individual described as someone who had a personal relationship with hunter. in march of 2016 hunter allegedly again stayed at the liaison, this time with a person described in the indictment as his wife s close friend. so that would be the context to keep in mind as you watch duncan hunter go on national tv yesterday and completely throw his wife under the bus.
thing 1 tonight. there s been a lot of reporting this week about what the u.s. attorney must have on michael cohen that made him suddenly decide to plead guilty, but it seems there may have been another factor in cohen s decision, protecting his wife, who was also implicated reportedly in potential criminal activity based on evidence that included bank records, tax filings, and loan applications as the couple filed their taxes jointly. now, we are not saying that michael cohen is some kind of heroic figure here. but compared to duncan hunter, he sure looks like spouse of the year. she handled my finances throughout my entire military career, and that continued on when i got into congress. whatever she did, that ll be that ll be looked at too i m sure. but i didn t do it. damn, dude. that s thing 2 in 60 seconds.