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Tue Jun 25, 2019, 06:56 PM Jun 2019

Federal prosecutors allege Duncan Hunter repeatedly misused campaign funds during affairs

Federal prosecutors have unveiled new allegations of campaign finance violations by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), claiming that the lawmaker improperly used campaign funds in the course of five different affairs with congressional staffers and lobbyists.

In a court filing made late Monday night, the Justice Department requested permission to share the new allegations with jurors during Hunter's upcoming trial on alleged campaign finance violations.

The Justice Department said it was necessary to unveil the new allegations "to establish the personal nature of the expenditures" as well as to "to demonstrate Hunter's knowledge and intent to break the law, and to establish his motive to embezzle from his campaign."

In the 12 page-long document, federal prosecutors claim that Hunter repeatedly used campaign funds to cover expenses while he had extramarital affairs with five different women, all of whom "were involved in politics in some manner."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-prosecutors-allege-hunter-repeatedly-misused-campaign-funds-during-affairs/ar-AADpiN8?li=BBnb7Kz

He's a Republican. Trump will pardon him.

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