Rep. Duncan Hunter’s wife, Margaret, is set to plead guilty over a slew of criminal charges related to allegations of diverting campaign funds for personal use
Rep. Duncan Hunter’s wife, Margaret — facing a slew of federal criminal charges along with the California Republican lawmaker over allegations of diverting more than $250,000 in campaign funds to personal use — is set to plead guilty Thursday in federal court in San Diego.
Federal prosecutors allege that over a seven-year period, from 2009 to 2016, the Hunters “illegally used campaign money to pay for personal expenses that they could not otherwise afford. The purchases included family vacations to Italy, Hawaii, Phoenix, Arizona, and Boise, Idaho; school tuition; dental work; theater tickets; and domestic and international travel for almost a dozen relatives.”
A shift in plea is often part of a deal to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for testimony against other defendants, but an attorney for Duncan Hunter declined to speculate Wednesday on whether such a plea bargain had been hammered out.
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