Disgraced California Republican Duncan Hunter has now been sentenced to 11 months in prison:
POLITICO – Former Rep. Duncan Hunter was sentenced on Tuesday morning to 11 months in prison for violating campaign finance law.
Judge Thomas Whelan handed down the sentence in San Diego, capping a court case that saw prosecutors accuse Hunter of spending campaign funds on a wide array of personal matters. Hunter, a Republican, pleaded guilty in December and resigned his seat shortly after.
With coronavirus-related distancing measures reverberating through California’s court system, Whelan ordered that Hunter will not be required to surrender until late May.
As we told you in December, Hunter pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands in campaign funds for golf outings, family vacations to Italy and Hawaii, tequila shots and airline tickets for their pet rabbit. And let’s not forget the romantic relationships with lobbyists and congressional aides.
Hunter pleaded guilty because he didn’t want his children to go through a public trial, which is understandable given the romantic relationships with lobbyists and aides. That would have likely been the toughest part of the trial for his family.