REUTERSRep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) used campaign funds to pay for “intimate” encounters with several women, including one skiing rendezvous with a lobbyist in Lake Tahoe, the Justice Department alleged in new court filings. Hunter, 42, and his wife were indicted last August with conspiracy, wire fraud,
Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for “intimate” encounters with several women, including one skiing rendezvous with a lobbyist in Lake Tahoe, the Justice Department alleged in new court filings.
“It is every American’s constitutional right to have equal protection under the law. It is clear by the prosecutor's actions that they have a political bias that merits the court's attention and consideration,” Hunter said in a statement provided to The Daily Beast. “Political agendas have no place in our courtrooms and when lies and their cover-up are exposed, accountable action should be taken.
“Hunter’s flight landed at 2:10 p.m., and he rented a car from the airport Alamo, using $350 in campaign funds,” the DOJ’s motion said. “By 11:39 p.m. he had checked into their room at the Hyatt and visited the hotel’s Cutthroat's Saloon for a Sam Adams (which he paid for a $7 in campaign funds.” Even after their relationship ended, prosecutors alleged, the two “continued to see each other on and off,” including once date where Hunter paid $93 for “cocktails at a quiet speakeasy-style bar near her home” and “$21 in campaign funds on an Uber back to the office at 1:40 a.m. that night.”
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