Embattled Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter spent upwards of $45,000 from his campaign on personal expenditures -- including $625 on flights for a pet rabbit, according to a House Ethics Committee report released Monday.
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California announced on Friday that he'll resign from Congress following the holiday season, news that comes after the congressman pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations.
The House Ethics Committee urged Rep. Duncan Hunter in a letter on Thursday to stop voting on legislation and other matters on the House floor after he pleaded guilty earlier this week to campaign finance violations.
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal corruption charges stemming from his misuse of more than $200,000 in campaign funds.
Former Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is expected to announce a bid to challenge Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is facing federal corruption charges, according to a Republican familiar with Issa's thinking.
A year after President Donald Trump picked former California Rep. Darrell Issa to run the US Trade and Development Agency, a Senate hearing to consider the nomination was postponed over how to handle questions raised in his FBI file.
Attorneys for embattled Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter slammed prosecutors for submitting a court filing earlier this week with allegations that the California congressman used campaign funds to sustain extramarital affairs, saying they were made to "publicly embarrass Mr. Hunter with evidence that reflects poorly on his character."
A former Capitol Hill staffer said Rep. Duncan Hunter grabbed her behind at a party in downtown Washington in 2014, adding a new element of impropriety alleged against the embattled California Republican, who is charged with using campaign funds to pay for vacations and to finance extramarital affairs.
Embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and congressional staffers, prosecutors in California alleged in a court filing Monday.
California GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter's wife Margaret pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring with her husband to "knowingly and willingly" convert campaign funds for personal use. She has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter's wife, Margaret, is switching her plea to guilty in a federal case alleging she and her husband misused campaign funds, according to her lawyer, Thomas McNamara.
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter said that as an artillery officer, his unit "killed probably hundreds of civilians" during his 2004 tour in Fallujah, Iraq.
