Rep Duncan Hunter (R-CA) Used Campaign Cash in Affairs with Five Women

[QUOTE][B]Justice Department prosecutors alleged on Monday that Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) used campaign contributions to have multiple extramarital affairs,[/B] including a $1,000 ski vacation with a female lobbyist.

[B]According to the court filing, Hunter started using the campaign funds to

At this point, you can probably count the politicians without much dirt on them with the fingers of your two hands (and that is being optimistic).

at least he didn

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Fat clouds

Apparently his wife (likely soon to be ex-wife) [URL="https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-hunter-20190618-story.html"]is going to do her best[/URL] to help prosecutors put him in prison.

[QUOTE]On Thursday, U.S. attorneys in San Diego announced that Margaret Hunter had pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring with her husband to steal about $250,000 in campaign funds over a period of six years. She, along with her husband, had originally been charged with 60 counts of breaking federal law.

With this deal, Margaret, 44, faces a maximum of five years in prison. Prosecutors say they will recommend the lower range of sentencing, though it

This is the same guy who vaped in the middle of a congressional hearing and spent taxpayers' money on Steam games :lol

This guy seems pretty cool

A whole thousand?

Wow, what an extravagant vacation.

One of Trump's biggest supporters.

Is anyone surprised?



It's like the college bribes scandal that broke earlier this year. I'm amazed people were actually stunned that it has been going on forever.

Duncan Hunter's been doing this stuff for over a decade and [I]just now[/I] it's being reported? :roll:

Honestly, I feel sorry for people who react with "oh wow.. how could they do such a thing as a great public servant and role model?"

Politicians are liars and crooks. Best thing we can do is limit their power. The bigger the gov't, the tougher it is to find the corruption. Federal gov't should always be the last resort to handle any problem.

[QUOTE=Cleverness]Is anyone surprised?



It's like the college bribes scandal that broke earlier this year. I'm amazed people were actually stunned that it has been going on forever.

Duncan Hunter's been doing this stuff for over a decade and [I]just now[/I] it's being reported? :roll:

Honestly, I feel sorry for people who react with "oh wow.. how could they do such a thing as a great public servant and role model?"

Politicians are liars and crooks. Best thing we can do is limit their power. The bigger the gov't, the tougher it is to find the corruption. [B]Federal gov't should always be the last resort to handle any problem.[/B][/QUOTE]

shit, it already always is. nothing ever gets solved until the problem is at it's absolute worst, and even then it's a half assed bandaid solution.

[URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-duncan-hunter-says-his-unit-killed-probably-hundreds-of-civilians-in-iraq/2019/06/03/570d0418-862c-11e9-a870-b9c411dc4312_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d3b63007dc12"]He recently talked about his military unit probably killing hundreds of civilians in Iraq.[/URL] Not necessarily the kind of guy you want watching your 6, or representing you in Congress.

[QUOTE]Rep. Duncan D. Hunter said his military unit

[QUOTE=MaxFly][URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-duncan-hunter-says-his-unit-killed-probably-hundreds-of-civilians-in-iraq/2019/06/03/570d0418-862c-11e9-a870-b9c411dc4312_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d3b63007dc12"]He recently talked about his military unit probably killing hundreds of civilians in Iraq.[/URL] Not necessarily the kind of guy you want watching your 6, or representing you in Congress.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that if you’re in the military and you’ve ever fired missiles or dropped bombs into cities, towns or villages, chances are you’ve killed some civilians.

Seems like a stand up guy...

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[QUOTE=NumberSix]Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that if you’re in the military and you’ve ever fired missiles or dropped bombs into cities, towns or villages, chances are you’ve killed some civilians.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's not a good look to invoke that fact in defense of someone who stabbed an enemy combatant unnecessarily and then took pictures with the teen's dead body. Nor is it a good look to say that [URL="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/california-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-admits-he-s-taken-photo-n1010596"]you too[/URL] have taken pictures with dead combatants while throwing other service members under that same bus.

[QUOTE]Hunter said he also posed for a photo next to a dead combatant but said he did not text it or post it to social media. The congressman said "a lot of us have done the exact same thing," referring to fellow service members in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE][URL="https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/01/judge-hunters-trial-can-detail-affair-accusations/"]Judge: California GOP Rep. Hunter’s trial can detail affair accusations[/URL]

SAN DIEGO — Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s alleged extramarital affairs when they consider charges the California Republican looted campaign cash to finance vacations, golf outings and other personal expenses, a judge said Monday.

Prosecutors revealed salacious details about the married congressman’s lifestyle in court filings last week, saying he used campaign money to illegally finance a string of romantic relationships with lobbyists and congressional aides.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan said the allegations were relevant to whether campaign money was spent illegally and spoke to motive and intent.[/QUOTE]

I'm not mad at him for trying to get talk of the affairs barred. That information can certainly prejudice the jury... especially when his wife testifies.

Joe Biden’s son just admitted to taking a bribe from China while his father was the VP. Isn’t it weird that nobody is talking about that?

[QUOTE][URL="https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2019/07/01/prosecutors-of-duncan-hunter-14-0-on-motions-winning-every-pretrial-argument-so-far/"]Prosecutors of Duncan Hunter 14-0 on Motions, Winning Every Pretrial Argument So Far[/URL]

The pretrial Game of Motions isn

Boss.

[QUOTE=MaxFly]Yeah, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's not a good look to invoke that fact in defense of someone who stabbed an enemy combatant unnecessarily and then took pictures with the teen's dead body. Nor is it a good look to say that [URL="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/california-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-admits-he-s-taken-photo-n1010596"]you too[/URL] have taken pictures with dead combatants while throwing other service members under that same bus.[/QUOTE]

Eddie Gallagher found not guilty. :confusedshrug: Looks like you forgot to add in "allegedly" in your post there. Innocent mistake I'm sure.

(Except for the photo which is bad taste - I agree.)

At least he didn't get taped getting jerked off at some spa, I guess.

-Smak

We all know if Hunter was a Dem, Max would never have made this thread.

Business as usual for Republicans, nothing new to see :facepalm

[QUOTE=qrich]We all know if Hunter was a Dem, Max would never have made this thread.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he's hella biased for the Democrat party. :facepalm

[QUOTE=qrich]We all know if Hunter was a Dem, Max would never have made this thread.[/QUOTE]

Like the posts I made about Bob Menendez when he was on trial? Do you know who Bob Menendez is without looking him up?

[QUOTE=Cleverness]Yeah, he's hella biased for the Democrat party. :facepalm[/QUOTE]

:oldlol: Cleverness, you purportedly hate government waste, fraud and abuse, but you have absolutely nothing to say about this particular case? Why are you more keen to talk about another poster than talk about something that's going on in government. I didn't hear you talking about bias when I was talking about Bob Menendez...

[QUOTE=Hawker]Eddie Gallagher found not guilty. :confusedshrug: Looks like you forgot to add in "allegedly" in your post there. Innocent mistake I'm sure.

(Except for the photo which is bad taste - I agree.)[/QUOTE]

I know you're probably not going to respond to this, but there are text messages, buddy. That's why I specifically said "stabbed" and not killed or murdered.

[QUOTE]The prosecution presented several text messages Gallagher sent his platoon, including one that allegedly read [B]"I've got a cool story when I get back, I got him with my hunting knife."[/B]

"I thought everyone would be cool, next time I will do it so no one sees," Gallagher wrote to his platoon, once they allegedly turned on him. "Ready to kill the mother ------ who tells on me and I've got s--- on all of you to bring you down.

This is what Americans want leading them.

Not Republicans...not Democrats. Americans.

[QUOTE=MaxFly]:oldlol: Cleverness, you purportedly hate government waste, fraud and abuse, but you have absolutely nothing to say about this particular case? Why are you more keen to talk about another poster than talk about something that's going on in government. I didn't hear you talking about bias when I was talking about Bob Menendez...[/QUOTE]

You must have missed my post on page 1

I asked if anyone is surprised.

I also mentioned that Duncan Hunter's been doing this stuff [B]for over a decade[/B] and [I]just now[/I] it's being reported??? :confusedshrug:

I believe that if we dig deep enough we'll find tons of other politicians abusing their power for themselves and friends/family members.

[QUOTE=MaxFly]I know you're probably not going to respond to this, but there are text messages, buddy. That's why I specifically said "stabbed" and not killed or murdered.



The reason he was acquitted of murder was because the Navy medic testified that he was the one who suffocated the prisoner and killed him.



:confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]

Ok I was wrong. :confusedshrug: The connection between "stabbed unnecessarily" and "teen's dead body" was one indicating you believed it led to murder.

Let's not pretend what is your angle on this one though. Duncan actually looks ok on this one then since he's found not guilty.

[QUOTE=Cleverness]You must have missed my post on page 1

I asked if anyone is surprised.

I also mentioned that Duncan Hunter's been doing this stuff [B]for over a decade[/B] and [I]just now[/I] it's being reported??? :confusedshrug:

I believe that if we dig deep enough we'll find tons of other politicians abusing their power for themselves and friends/family members.[/QUOTE]

There's not much to glean from the generality that politicians are liars and crooks, that it's been going on for awhile and that we shouldn't be surprised. We can post that about almost any political scandal. This one is unique in that he threw his wife under the bus after apparently cheating on her for years. And then, in spite of the added scrutiny, openly talking about his military unit likely killing lots of civilians. :confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=Hawker]Let's not pretend what is your angle on this one though. Duncan actually looks ok on this one then since he's found not guilty.[/QUOTE]

Duncan Hunter "actually looks ok" defending soldiers who needlessly stab prisoners? Soldiers who take photos with the bodies of head combatants as trophies?

Just to reiterate...

Eddie Gallagher stabbed a prisoner in the neck with his hunting knife and sent a trophy picture to people of him posing with the body of the dead prisoner with the text:
[QUOTE]
"Good story behind this. Got him with my hunting knife."[/QUOTE]

Gallagher said that he did not stab the prisoner and that it was a complete lie, but seven others testified that he did indeed stab the prisoner, and the individual, Special Operator Cory Scott, who copped to ultimately killing the prisoner, also admitted that Gallagher stabbed the prisoner.

[QUOTE][B]During Scott’s testimony, prosecutor Lt. Brian John told the courtroom that Scott had immunity, and suggested he was claiming to have killed the ISIS prisoner to prevent Gallagher from going to prison. Scott responded, “Yes.”[/B]

“He’s got a wife and family,” Scott said. “I don’t think he should be spending his life in prison.”[/QUOTE]

You're with Duncan Hunter on this, Hawker?

the feminist says, give blow jobs instead of selling them

[QUOTE][URL="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/02/rep-duncan-hunter-to-change-not-guilty-plea-on-campaign-finance-violations-074763"][B]GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter is set to plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday after denying for more than a year that he had illegally misused campaign funds.[/B][/URL]

Margaret Hunter, the congressman's wife, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misuse campaign funds in June, a move that put enormous pressure on him to find a deal with federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors described the Hunters as so mired in debt that they had less than $1,000 in their bank account from 2009 to 2017 and owed money to stores such as Macy's and Home Depot. The Hunters had begun falling behind on their children's school tuition and missed numerous mortgage payments.

"It explains why he himself used campaign funds to buy everything from cigarettes to gadgets to groceries to getaways — things he wanted but could not afford to buy with his own money,” prosecutors alleged in one filing.

Hunter — who has developed a reputation on Capitol Hill for drinking heavily and carousing — was also accused of routinely using campaign cash to finance numerous affairs.

[B]In one episode in 2010, Hunter allegedly took a lobbyist on a double date road trip to Virginia Beach, Va., with a fellow congressman and then charged his campaign for the hotel room and bar tab.

In another 2015 incident, Hunter allegedly took a House leadership aide out for cocktails and then took an Uber back to his office after they spent the night together. Both expenses were charged to his campaign account, prosecutors say.[/B][/QUOTE]

I wonder if he will be forced to provide restitution to donors. Anyone still riding with Duncan Hunter?

[QUOTE=MaxFly]I wonder if he will be forced to provide restitution to donors. Anyone still riding with Duncan Hunter?[/QUOTE]

Me. This guy is cool.

[QUOTE=MaxFly]I wonder if he will be forced to provide restitution to donors. Anyone still riding with Duncan Hunter?[/QUOTE]


His donors were prob trying to buy political favors in the first place, so on practical grounds I couldnt care less.

Obviously if he broke the law then sure, prosecute and sentence him. But Im hardly sympathetic to his financial backers.

The better question/concern than this one guy would be... how many of our elected officials AREN'T doing some shady shit and giving people favors and misappropriating funds in a more careful manner, etc...

I mean I would be absolutely floored if even half of our elected officials were good people trying to do genuinely good things with their position and not just better their own personal lives.

Psychopaths are in every form of government and as such all government is... less than optimal.

[QUOTE=Shogon]The better question/concern than this one guy would be... how many of our elected officials AREN'T doing some shady shit and giving people favors and misappropriating funds in a more careful manner, etc...

I mean I would be absolutely floored if even half of our elected officials were good people trying to do genuinely good things with their position and not just better their own personal lives.

Psychopaths are in every form of government and as such all government is... less than optimal.[/QUOTE]

Tbh it would be way more cost effective to cut these guys a women and drugs budget than the time and resources spent investigating all this shit.

[QUOTE=warriorfan]Tbh it would be way more cost effective to cut these guys a women and drugs budget than the time and resources spent investigating all this shit.[/QUOTE]

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

That might be my favorite post of 2019. :roll:

learned from the boss TRUMP