Holy crap. Republican congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife have been indicted by a grand jury for using $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses and for filing a false campaign finance record:
JUST IN: Rep. Duncan Hunter, wife indicted on charges that "they converted more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal expenses and filed false campaign finance records." https://t.co/xOCN1fQ1YQ pic.twitter.com/y2bcsBMJ4o
— ABC News (@ABC) August 21, 2018
Here’s more from Fox News:
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife have been indicted, charged with converting hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds and falsifying campaign finance records. #SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/D7OtPfjePy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 21, 2018
Here’s the press release that ABC News posted on their tweet:
Dang. This could easily mean prison time. After all, Jesse Jackson Jr ended up serving time for misuse of campaign funds – something that seems very similar to this.