Federal prosecutors allege that Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California) illegally used campaign funds to pay for not one, not two, but five–yes, five!–extramarital affairs with female lobbyists and congressional aides who were under his employ.
Hunter, who vehemently opposes same-sex marriage, tried to delay the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and touts his commitment to “preserving family values” on his website, has been busted spending thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars on women other than his wife.
“Hunter spent thousands of dollars treating women to meals, drinks, and vacations, and traveling to and from their homes,” U.S. Attorney David Leshner alleges in the court documents filed Monday.
According to the court docs, which include receipts, in 2010, Hunter used campaign funds to take one of his mistresses, a female lobbyist identified in the lawsuit as “Individual 14,” on take a romantic trip to Lake Tahoe, where he dropped over $1,000 on their hotel tab.
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Later that year, he took the same woman to Virginia Beach and dropped another $900 on a bar tab, and $120 on beer, nachos, and wings at a Jack Ingram concert, and then he blew $250 to go golfing.
Two years later, at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, prosecutors say Hunter started an affair with a different woman, a female congressional staffer identified as “Individual 15.” He would frequently use campaign money to pay for his Uber rides to and from her house for their trysts.
Hunter is also accused of using campaign funds to pay for Uber rides to visit two other mistresses, both lobbyists, identified as “Individuals 17 and 18.”
Oh, but it doesn’t stop there!
In 2015, prosecutors say Hunter began a romantic relationship with yet another woman who worked in his office, this one identified as “Individual 16.” They say Hunter wined and dined her at the H Street Country Club to the tune of $200. All paid for with money donated to his campaign.
Other receipts show that during a campaign strip to Las Vegas in 2015, Hunter used the campaign’s credit card to raid the mini bar at Caesar’s Palace and use the hotel’s swim-up bar called “Snackus Maximus.”
Prosecutors also allege “Hunter improperly used campaign funds to pursue other clearly non-work related activity during get-togethers with his close personal friends” including expensive dinners, nights outs, concerts, and, oh yeah, their children’s school tuition.
In total, the Justice Department believes that Hunter and his wife, Margaret, who worked as his campaign manager, illegally diverted around $250,000 in campaign funds for their own personal use.
Margaret pleaded guilty earlier this month to campaign fund mismanagement charges, admitting that between 2010 and 2016, she and her husband “knowingly and willingly” used campaign money for personal expenses. It’s unclear, however, if she knew he was spending any of it to have affairs with five different women.
Margaret Hunter faces up to five years in prison along with a $250,000 fine followed by three years of supervised release. Meanwhile, Duncan Hunter’s trial is set for September 10, one week before his wife’s sentencing.
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Cam
Typical Republican. Uses everybody else’s money, breaks the commandments against adultery and lying and goes against Christ’s words on divorce….
But will dig an obscure part of the Bible out, not in the commandments, nor anything Jesus said so he can be a bigot.
Another thief, liar, and hypocrite.
Onecaddy13
@Cam, Again you continuously put all the Republican Party in this box as you always do when one of their party goes astray & does something off the chain. Duncan hunter is an Ass, (like you) Breaking all the cardinal rules of marriage and to the constitution. I truly believe he deserves everything he gets when he comes to his sentencing for stealing the tax payers money to fund his campaign and pay for his affairs. I also think his wife should go to jail And not just probation because she’s ratting him out. She was complicit she enjoyed the trips the lavish lifestyle with campaign funds knowingly, but what disturbs me the most is the children, they have a lot of children and I just wonder if they ever thought of them when they were doing these unlawful acts. Again Cam, not all Republicans are bad, just like all Democrats are not bad, but of course I never see a bad post crucifying a Democrat when they do wrong. Can we say hypocrite?
Peacemaker
So he screwed his wife, his mistresses and his supporters. Classic GOP way!
charlietex
Yet his constituents reelected him while he was under indictment. It just goes to show that the rot in the republican party goes a lot deeper than simply the politicians
Rex Huskey
i bet he has a bid fat one…