Federal prosecutors indicted Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, on Tuesday for allegedly falsifying campaign records submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Duncan represents the 50th District of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.
According to the Department of Justice, the lawmaker and his wife illegally spent over $250,000 in campaign money for personal expenses between 2009 and 2016.
Some of their alleged illegal expenses included family vacations to Italy, Hawaii, Arizona and Idaho. They also spent campaign funds for school tuition, dental work, theater tickets, and domestic and international travel for relatives.
Additionally, the DOJ says the Hunters spent tens of thousands of dollars on coffee, fast food, groceries, golf outings and home utilities.
In the FEC filings, the GOP lawmaker concealed those personal purchases as “campaign travel, dinner with volunteers/contributors, gift cards for charitable donations” and other false descriptions.
