Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in prison for misusing campaign funds
by Madison Dibble
| March 17, 2020 01:30 PM
A federal judge sentenced former Rep. Duncan Hunter to 11 months in prison for illegal misuse of campaign funds.
The California Republican, had pleaded guilty to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds on personal expenses. His lavish misuse of the campaign dollars included a $462 bill for a friend’s bachelor party, $704-worth of tickets to see How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and $1,528 in video games.
The former congressman entered his plea in December but refused to leave office until he officially resigned in January. He has been accused of remaining in office until January in order to add one more of eligibility year to his congressional pension, something Sen. Thom Tillis is hoping to squash with a bill to bar felon lawmakers from collecting from Congress’s pension fund.
The allegations against Hunter first surfaced in 2016, but he managed to win reelection in 2018 to keep his seat. The investigation that followed the allegations uncovered a total of nearly $250,000 in misused funds and several extramarital affairs he had with members of his staff and lobbyists.
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