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Duncan Hunter spent campaign funds for rabbit air travel, says 'victimized' by Ethics Office
Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pay for $600 of airline fees to fly a family rabbit, one of the more colorful expenses to surface in an ongoing review of his practices.
Hunter’s staff told the Press-Enterprise newspaper that the House Office of Congressional Ethics questioned the pet expenses — offered as an example of over-reach by the agency.
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Hunter, R-Alpine, has reimbursed his campaign about $62,000 in campaign expenses that were personal in nature or lacked proper documentation, including oral surgery, a garage door, video games, resort stays and a jewelry purchase in Italy.
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“This was nothing more than an oversight. In fact, it’s such an obvious example of a mistake being made but (the office) wants to view it through a lens of possible intent. The same goes for many other expenditures,” Kasper said. “Many of Rep. Hunter’s repayments had to do with mistakes under specific circumstances, and in other cases there were bona fide campaign activities connected to expenditures that (the office) was not aware of and didn’t account for.”
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sd-me-hunter-rabbits-20170103-story.html
Hunter’s staff told the Press-Enterprise newspaper that the House Office of Congressional Ethics questioned the pet expenses — offered as an example of over-reach by the agency.
...
Hunter, R-Alpine, has reimbursed his campaign about $62,000 in campaign expenses that were personal in nature or lacked proper documentation, including oral surgery, a garage door, video games, resort stays and a jewelry purchase in Italy.
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“This was nothing more than an oversight. In fact, it’s such an obvious example of a mistake being made but (the office) wants to view it through a lens of possible intent. The same goes for many other expenditures,” Kasper said. “Many of Rep. Hunter’s repayments had to do with mistakes under specific circumstances, and in other cases there were bona fide campaign activities connected to expenditures that (the office) was not aware of and didn’t account for.”
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sd-me-hunter-rabbits-20170103-story.html
$62,000 of mistakes? Yeah, sure. It's the Republican Way - try to rip people off, and if you get found out, use "I am so incompetent that I cannot make expenses claims without inserting completely inappropriate personal expenditure".
Via Talking Points Memo. Who note that Hunter, of course, voted to abolish the independence of the ethics office.
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the crazy wabbit made him forget to pay for his personal expenses and charge them to the campaign fund(other people's money)
Of course he'd vote for gutting it.. without the Ethics Office.. who keeps tabs on forgetful duncan using campaign funds for his own personal bank account?
I'd be pissed if I had been so stupid as to contribute $$$ to duncan.
