the indictment was 60 counts, nearly 50 pages. duncan hunter tried to show off his manly and ethical streak when he publicly blamed his wife for all of it. yes, including the multiple weekends away with his multiple mistresses, surely his wife is the one to blame for charging those things to his campaign. but this is kind of a remarkable story in lots of different ways. this is a remarkable little snapshot. i mean, first there s this indelible fact about the rise of the, you know, trump era. the rise of donald trump in the republican party. right, the first two endorsers he got from the republican parties in congress are members of congress who were soon to be charged with multiple felonies, but the story of course gets deeper. after each of these congressmen was indicted. each of them nevertheless deciddecide
endorsers have gone on to be famous in the trump era for their own stuff. in early august last year, congressman collins was arrested and charged with eight felony counts all related to an insider trading scheme. then two weeks after that, the other one of them was indicted, too. duncan hunter, two weeks after chris collins got himself indicted. duncan hunter got indicted and charged with 60 felony counts. he and his wife charged in a somewhat broke alleged criminal scheme to misuse campaign funds in very creative ways. for example. there was congressman hunter, buying himself some shorts at the pro shop at a golf course. he had his campaign funds pay for the shorts but he listed them under a line item, golf balls for wounded warriors. they bought video games and trips to sea word, and air fare,
to run for reelection. in the fall of 2019 a multiple felony indictment was no bar yor to a republican s electoral dreams. chris collins and duncan hunter were reelected to congress in their districts despite the fact they were running facing serious multiple criminal charges. aside from duncan hunter playing the chivalry card and blaming everything on his wife, both decided to go with the trump era defense strategy, to claim you re the subject of a witch hunt. prosecutors are terrible people who are only after them because of political bias. chris collins and duncan hunter proclaimed not just their innocence but rage at being charged at all, how they were the real victims here. but then there s the way it all works out in the end, in october chris collins abruptly changed from the it s all a witch hunt defense to instead plead guilty. he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on october 1st
and resigned from congress. he s due to be sentenced for his crimes next month. today, congressman duncan hunter is doing the same. the docket in his federal criminal case says he will appear in federal court tomorrow to change his plea. his current plea is not guilty. he s changing to guilty. duncan hunter confirming that intention to a local tv station in san diego. this presumably means he will be resigning, although he hasn t said so veteranovertly yet. we don t know if his resignation is required as part of his plea deal. one might expect that. presumably he won t make congress dispel him. presumably he will step down on his own terms. after he does so, he like his fellow trump endorser will be able to move on to the sentencing phase of his criminal career and hopefully put the whole thing behind. as congressman chris collins and congressman duncan hunter leave congress to spend more time with
populated city but city officials scaled back the rule after the high court agreed to take up the case. now people can transport locked and unlocked guns to second homes or shooting ranges outside city limits, but critics say the regulation is still unconstitutional and too restrictive, a decision expected by late june. the republican congressman from california duncan hunter said he would plead guilty to misusing campaign funds, entered a not guilty plea. he used campaign cash to pay for vacations, golf trips, fancy trips for his many mistresses. congressman hunter said he is changing his plea to protect his children and also to help keep his seat in republican hands. the congressman has not yet announced whether he is stepping down. his wife had previously cut a deal to spill everything she knows. how far would you go to score a little extra legroom on a plane? investigators say a woman in florida faked a medical emergency after crewmembers denied her a big receipt.