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Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses
CNN ^ | 08/21/2018 | By Laura Jarrett and Maeve Reston,

Posted on 08/21/2018 3:29:37 PM PDT by CaptainK

Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, were indicted Tuesday on charges related to the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and the filing of false campaign finance records.

The charges of wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy were the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that has stretched for more than a year, during which the Republican congressman from California has maintained his innocence.

Republican Party leaders had long worried that with a potential indictment looming, Hunter's traditionally safe district which makes up much of eastern San Diego County could be at risk of Democratic takeover in November's midterm election.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 115th; california; duncanhunter; hunter; jeffsessions; lawfare; magoo; margarethunter; sandiegocounty; sessions
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That's one way to take over the House.
1 posted on 08/21/2018 3:29:37 PM PDT by CaptainK
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To: CaptainK

Just before the election. How convenient.


2 posted on 08/21/2018 3:31:45 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=400><p> zXSEP5Z, xnKL3lW, XywCCJd, hGhstl4.)
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To: CaptainK

And yet hillary has hundreds of millions of dollars from foreign governments sent to the Foundation and she walks free.


3 posted on 08/21/2018 3:32:57 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: CaptainK

It has been one of those news days. It's not even Friday, unfortunately.

4 posted on 08/21/2018 3:33:55 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: CaptainK

Duplicate thread


5 posted on 08/21/2018 3:34:07 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: CaptainK

Gee DOJ sure seems to like indicting repubs


6 posted on 08/21/2018 3:34:40 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: CaptainK

Didn’t something like this take down his father?

When are Republicans going to learn, you aren’t Rats!

GOP’ers must be absolutely above reproach!
Everything particularly when it comes to “campaign money” must be looked at “6 ways to Sunday” to make sure that not only the law is not being violated but even that the appearance of what they are doing can’t be interpreted as a violation!


7 posted on 08/21/2018 3:36:47 PM PDT by Reily
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To: shelterguy
And do not forget Hillary's pork futures fortune.

Martha Stewart went to jail for much less than that.
 

8 posted on 08/21/2018 3:36:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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To: CaptainK

Everybody getting indicted for doing 1/10000000th of the financial shenannigans the Clinton crime family has done every - single - day for decades.


9 posted on 08/21/2018 3:37:24 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: CaptainK

I doubt there is even 2 dems or repubs who have NOT misused campaign funds or other similar monies (taxpayer, grants, etc)


10 posted on 08/21/2018 3:37:44 PM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: CaptainK

I don’t believe it.


11 posted on 08/21/2018 3:38:15 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: CaptainK

I don’t know if this has been posted yet...

One of the charges Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to was “Campaign Finance Fraud.”

According to Politico, Cohen told the judge he acted at the direction of Donald Trump.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/21/michael-cohen-strikes-plea-deal-with-prosecutors-790646


12 posted on 08/21/2018 3:38:35 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: CaptainK

Toss him. Find a different candidate, one with a brain, pro-Trump but not to excess (this is California), a clean record and a pretty face.


13 posted on 08/21/2018 3:38:36 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: CaptainK

0bama got a small fine for $millions of illegal donations that he kept.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/01/07/obama-campaign-fined-big-for-hiding-donors-keeping-illegal-donations


14 posted on 08/21/2018 3:38:58 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Nifster

It’s the only thing Rip Van Sessions does well ... That, and going after ginseng growers - effing spineless simpleton that he is.


15 posted on 08/21/2018 3:39:33 PM PDT by JME_FAN (If you lived here, you'd be home by now.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does the DOJ ever indict RATs?


16 posted on 08/21/2018 3:40:05 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Cattle futures, though certainly something wasn’t kosher about it.


17 posted on 08/21/2018 3:40:09 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Nifster

n-D Chess from the napping Sessions.


18 posted on 08/21/2018 3:40:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Reily

Damn right. Charlie Rangel could murder someone on camera and Harlem would send him back to DC without a second thought. Hell, DC elected Marion Berry as mayor after he was caught dead to rights smoking crack and soliciting hookers on surveillance camera. Oh, they erected a statue in his honor too.


19 posted on 08/21/2018 3:40:25 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: CaptainK

The same kind of charges sent former Rep. Steve Stockman, R-TX, to prison even before sentencing. Trump should pardon Stockman too.


20 posted on 08/21/2018 3:40:33 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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