UPDATE: Rep. Hunter pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds: “I made mistakes.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Phil Halpern told reporters that what Hunter pleaded to was"not about mismanagement of his campaign."
"Congressman Hunter himself misappropriated his own campaign funds for the use of himself and his family," he said, adding the couple used the campaign cash"as a piggy bank to float a lifestyle they couldn’t maintain." He said Hunter pleaded guilty to the top count, which"encompasses all of his criminal activity.
The prosecutor said he's been told by Hunter's lawyer that he plans to resign the seat, which he'd been running to keep in 2020.Hunter, R-Calif., faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced next year. His wife, Margaret, to misuse campaign funds earlier this year and was expected to testify against her husband of more than 20 years if the case went to trial."When I went away to Iraq in 2003, the first time, I gave her power of attorney. She handled my finances throughout my entire military career, and that continued on when I got into Congress,""She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that’ll be looked at, too, I'm sure, but I didn't do it," he said.
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