Prosecutors alleged in a Monday court filing that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to carry out multiple affairs over at least seven years with congressional staffers and lobbyists.
The new filing accuses Hunter, who is married, of spending campaign money on a ski trip, bar tabs and hotel rooms during intimate encounters with women. The alleged affairs took place between 2009 and 2016. Among the five women said to be involved was one of Hunter’s congressional aides.
Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were charged last year with improperly using more than $250,000 in campaign funds for family vacations, their children’s private school tuition and other personal expenses. Margaret pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this month, but Hunter, who was reelected to his sixth term in November while under indictment, has refused a plea deal.
DOJ says Rep. Hunter used campaign money to take another woman, a House aide with whom he had been intimate, for drinks. Then he charged the campaign $21 for an Uber back to his office at 1:49 a.m. pic.twitter.com/YQec4d0Lk3The request to admit new evidence comes after Hunter’s lawyers filed a motion Monday to dismiss the case. Hunter and his lawyers have alleged that the investigation — now run by a Republican appointee — is politically biased because two assistant U.S.
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