{"id":72228,"date":"2018-08-22T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anti-gay-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-indicted-for-using-250k-in-campaign-funds-for-personal-expenses\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:25:47","slug":"anti-gay-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-indicted-for-using-250k-in-campaign-funds-for-personal-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anti-gay-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-indicted-for-using-250k-in-campaign-funds-for-personal-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Gay GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted for Using $250K in Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-Gay GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted for Using $250K in Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses<\/b>
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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) (you may recall him for his\u00a0support of DOMA and attempts to block the repeal<\/a> of DADT) and his wife Margaret were indicted for misuse of at least $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses on Tuesday. Hunter was an early Trump supporter. Read the indictment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hill reports<\/a>: \u2018Hunter allegedly falsified campaign records filed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to conceal the purchases by mischaracterizing the expenses as \u201c\u2018campaign travel,\u2019 \u2018dinner with volunteers\/contributors,\u2019 \u2018toy drives,\u2019 \u2018teacher\/parent and supporter events,\u2019 \u2018gift cards\u2019 for charitable donations, and \u2018gift basket items,\u2019 among other false descriptions,\u201d the DOJ said\u2026Hunter\u2019s wife \u2014 who was paid $116,000 by his campaign between 2010 and 2017 and given access to campaign funds as a consultant \u2014 dismissed campaign finance rules as \u201csilly\u201d when pressed by the campaign treasurer on her spending, according to the indictment.\u2019<\/p>\n

Democrats are eager to make a play for his seat, and Hunter is on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Vox reports<\/a>: \u201cHunter will face Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who worked in Obama\u2019s Department of Labor, in the general election in November, and who has repeatedly out-fundraised him. It was a risk that has been looming large over Hunter\u2019s career for some time. Even his Republican colleagues were reportedly encouraging him to drop out. He didn\u2019t, and now he faces serious charges just months before Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anti-Gay GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted for Using $250K in Campaign Funds for Personal Expenses<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n