$1,500 for video games and more than $500 in campaign funds to fly his pet rabbit across the country. and also used the campaign money to finance extra marital affairs with both lobbyists and congressional aides. congressman hunter could go to prison sentenced in march but also get away with only having to do community service because not only did he plea but he got a deal extremely lenient. prompting one legal expert to proclaim, that is huge departure, i ve never seen one like it. in a letter tonight the house ethics committee warned hunter that given his guilty plea in a district court he should refrain from voting on the house floor, which seems like a good rule. we ll see if he listens. either way right now duncan hunter is still a member of congress. but you know who s not another california resident, california democrat katey hill.
oakland, people cheering on a woman of color trying to crack the hardest glass ceilings in this country. the senator once a top tier candidate becomes the first major 2020 candidate to drop out of the race. harris said she would keep fighting though. the democratic fight. tweeting directly to the president tweeting, quote, don t worry, mr. president, i ll see you at your trial. dave, christine? thanks. a guilty plea from congressman duncan hunter for misusing more than $200,000 in campaign funds. the california republican first denied using the money for family trips to italy and hawaii, plane tickets for his pet rabbit, and to pay for romantic flings. hunter called the charges a witch hunt. on tuesday he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds. i m failed to monitor and account for my campaign spending. i made mistakes. that s what today was all about. hunter faces up to five years
at a hearing scheduled for tuesday in san diego. federal prosecutors charged him and his wife, margaret, who was also his campaign treasurer, with spending $200,000 they received in campaign contributions on themselves dental bills, exotic vacations, video games and home repairs, and more than $500 to fly their pet rabbit across the country prosecutors said the couple joked that his purchase of hawaiian shorts could be described in campaign reports as golf balls for wounded warriors prosecutors said hunter also used campaign money to facilitate affairs with five women. margaret hunter pleaded guilty five nt on him, but he tried to blame her, saying she s the one who managed the ne he ton kusi today why he will no longer fight the charges. i think it s ree reasons, and those three reasons are my kids. reporter: hunter is running for re-election after 11
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duncan hunter, the republican congressman representing california s 50th district was indicted along with his wife for misusing campaign funds on a truly impressive variety of items. like they apparently spent $1,300 on video games, $800 on an oral surgeon, $14,000 for a family vacation in italy, more than $600 to fly the family s pet rabbit named everythingbert across the country. $462 for 30 shots of tequila and nearly $900 to stay at a hotel with a woman who was not his wife. kind of on the nose there. for a while he was blaming his family saying his son used the wrong credit card for the video games and his wife was in charge of the finances.