10 of the ickiest allegations in the Ducan Hunter indictment: Washington Post:

[Stuart G]

Last edited Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:02 PM - Edit history (1)

by Amber Phillips
Reporter, The Fix
August 22 at 7:00 AM


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/22/ickiest-allegations-duncan-hunter-indictment/?utm_term=.46ec858d87f9

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The allegations against Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.), one of President Trump’s first congressional supporters and the second of Trump’s first supporters to be indicted this month, read like a caricature of a corrupt, greedy politician.

Federal prosecutors allege that he and his wife stole $250,000 in campaign funds to do things like take their family to Italy (and buy a three-piece luggage set for it), buy their kids' school lunches, treat family and friends to hotel rooms and wine and golf, and fly a family member’s pet to Washington, D.C., for vacation.

All the while, the 47-page indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges, their own personal family accounts were either very low or overdrawn. The extremely detailed allegations paint the picture of a member of Congress raising money from donors and boldly using it for himself and his family. At one point, prosecutors allege Hunter told his campaign treasurer that the rules preventing exactly such a scenario were “silly.”

What’s perhaps most galling in the indictment is how the Hunters are alleged to have covered up their purchases: often, by claiming they were for charities, such as veterans' organizations. Hunter is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here are 10 of the most stunning allegations from the indictment that give politicians a bad name:

1. When Hunter and his wife chatted with each other about how they were able to get cash from the campaign to spend on daily life, they allegedly said “it was great.”

2. Margaret Hunter allegedly spent $200 on tennis shoes at Dick’s Sporting Goods, which she then claimed as being for an annual dove hunting event for wounded warriors.

More posted below.(post #2) ..but hit link for entire article..

[fierywoman]

1. WaPo paywall.

[Stuart G]

2. I put some of the alligations in original post.. Here are 3 more ...

3. When Hunter told his wife he needed to “buy my Hawaii shorts,” but he was out of money, she allegedly told him to buy them from a golf pro shop so he could claim they were actually golf balls for wounded warriors.

4. When the water utility company threatened to turn off their water, Margaret Hunter allegedly spent $300 in campaign funds to pay the bill.

5. Margaret Hunter allegedly spent $152 on makeup at Nordstrom and told the campaign it was “gift basket items for the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Diego.”

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Here is another link with additional information from the LA Times "Lavish meals, pet airfare, Italy trip: Rep. Duncan Hunter and wife accused of misspending $250,000 in campaign funds"
By Sarah D. Wire , Christine Mai-Duc and Alene Tchekmedyian , Aug 22, 2018, 7:35am

one paragraph from that story:

They dropped more than $14,000 on a family vacation in Italy. They racked up $3,300 at In-N-Out, Carl’s Jr, Taco Bell and other fast-food restaurants. Over the years, prosecutors allege, Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, picked up Fandango movie tickets, a $250 airplane ride for the family rabbit, video games and vitamins from Costco — and once, 30 tequila shots for a bachelor party.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-duncan-hunter-spending-20180822-story.html

[Rorey]

4. I don't know if I'd call those "icky"

Appalling is the word I'd use. I hope they rot in prison.

[Stuart G]

5. So do I...But remember..I read this couple was one of the first to endorse Mr.Trump.

I wish they could get some time for that,but that would not be nice. oops time to hide.

[Rorey]

6. I'm really enjoying watching them fall.

One by one.

[fierywoman]

7. Maybe ethically icky?

[Rorey]

9. Well, Repukes are icky

So maybe that's why WAPO used that word in the headline.

[fierywoman]

8. Thanks!

[lagomorph777]

10. $14k for a vacation, but can't pay the water bill?

That's truly wacky.

I haven't taken a vacation in 35 years.

[kysrsoze]

11. Hey, whaddaya know. They're deadbeats too. He had many expensable items, but was still broke

and couldn't pay for ordinary things, and stealing from the campaign.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. With all that money they had access to, they didn't pay the water bill?

Morons.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. If you have an up to date Firefox browser

their reader view icon in the address bar will open to another page, and sometimes that works.

[fierywoman]

15. Bless you, darling, I do have firefox and I never knew that!

[Leghorn21]

3. Thanks, Stuart - about as ICKY as two scumbags can get, eh?? Man I hope their constituents

get wind of this and DO THE RIGHT THING

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. You know this is not limited to Hunter.

I suspect there a lot of Republicans who feel the same way about those "silly" campaign fund laws.