Fox News: Representative Rep. Duncan Hunter calls indictment 'pure politics,' denies using campaign funds for personal expenses
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Hunter and his wife were indicted on charges of illegally
converting $250,000 in campaign funds for personal
expenses and filing false records. (Facebook)
EXCLUSIVE – Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., told Fox News on Thursday night that charges filed against him and his wife, Margaret, were “pure politics” and that he never used campaign funds for personal spending.
Hunter and his wife were indicted on charges of illegally converting $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses and filing false records. They pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
Speaking to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on “The Story,” Hunter said many of the trips in question “were fundraisers.”
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., this week called the charges “deeply serious” and said Hunter would be removed from the three House committees on which he sat.
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The congressman was pressed about a specific accusation: that he wanted to buy a pair of shorts during a Hawaii vacation but didn't have the money, so his wife told him to buy the clothing at a golf shop and describe the purchase later as “[golf] balls for the wounded warriors.”
“I don’t remember that but I would never do that,” Hunter said.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., this week called the charges “deeply serious” and said Hunter would be removed from the three House committees on which he sat. Hunter agreed to comply with Ryan's request and step down from his assignments -- avoiding the spectacle of a debate and vote on the House floor.
OMG!
Is Paul Ryan possibly colluding with . . . the "Socialist" Democrats?
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He is slimy, an entitled political dynasty brat. I've no doubt he's guilty. That Trump corruption goes across the party, why else would they try so hard to protect him? But this one is pretty blatant.
I remember that Duncan Hunter senior is a bigoted asshole too, just like his son. Greed, arrogance and hate must be hereditary.
he never used campaign funds for personal spending
The paper trail they left says otherwise.