Uh oh, Duncan Hunter used campaign $ in (at least) five different affairs

[ProfessorPlum]

that's not going to sit well with his base - one would think

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sd-me-hunter-liaisons-20180830-story.html

The 47-page document also says the five-term Republican from Alpine had “personal relationships” with five unnamed individuals. The federal indictment offers few details about the relationships, and Hunter’s lawyer objected to the turn the investigation took.

...

According to Vega’s letter, prosecutors told the defense that they have pictures of indiscretions.

“While there may be evidence of infidelity, irresponsibility or alcohol dependence, once properly understood, the underlying facts do not equate to criminal activity," Vega wrote.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Misusing Campaign funds for PERSONAL use is a CRIME!!!!!

Earth to Duncan Hunter Lawyer......Your client comitted a Felony, for which he has beenough indicted.

Doh!

[Kaleva]

2. His wife, whom he threw under the bus, won't be happy.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. Those FAMILY VALUES voters will not either......

The Democrat for the win.....

[Eliot Rosewater]

11. You think so? I would love to believe that but I think they would vote for

satan himself over a democrat if it meant having the power to tell women what they can and cant do with their bodies.

Or if it meant telling those uppity gay people they have NO rights. Especially marriage.

etc etc


uppity is sarcasm, of course

[PatSeg]

24. So many of them have been

thoroughly brainwashed for years and in their minds, Democrats are pure evil. Nonstop Fox News and right-wing radio has done its job. Many are past deprogramming, but we can hope they will die off or go back to watching reality TV and pro wrestling.

[joshcryer]

68. His challenger is now tied in the polls.

It may well happen that they don't vote a verifiable criminal in to office (he is so dead to rights on this it's not even funny, as is his wife).

[Eliot Rosewater]

70. Fingers crossed. I dont know what to think anymore about anything.

[joshcryer]

76. Losing 16 points 2 months before the election is a good sign.

As more and more gets digested about how scummy they were over this it will become clear.

The guy was having multiple affairs with campaign money and his wife was using it as a day to day piggy bank to buy fast food and toys and other garbage.

It's so well documented that the media will be able to report on it on a weekly basis and keep it in the minds of voters.

I expect a lot will stay home.

[Blue_true]

73. Bingo. nt

[uponit7771]

82. +1

[haele]

15. Those east county mooks don't care. He'll be forgiven because Jeysus and the GOP.

Those damn Lib'rels are worse than someone who was an adulterer or an embezzler. Hell, they'll probably even say it's his right as a "Real Man" to do that sort of thing, because Real Men who wear Jeysus on their sleeve and punch hippies are Great American Heroes who can do no wrong and are just expected to take what they want as their due.
He's a Real Man, just like all those wanna-be cowboy outlaw brazillionaires out there in the 'burbs and East County foothills like to pretend they are.

Haele

[saidsimplesimon]

23. I wish, Al Franken

had not been thrown under the bus for being a comedian. Sure, some of his past included outrageous behavior. What we lost is less than what we gained for women's respect issues. imo

[Turbineguy]

35. Family values voters

go to him for advice on how to get laid and where to go for discreet abortion services.

[JusticeForAll]

67. They voted for a P-Grabber

Why not this? They are f-ing hypocrites.

[Blue_true]

72. Those family values voters are hypocrits.

They will still vote for the slob.

[mythology]

7. That's going to make it hard to continue blaming his wife

Honest, I didn't know my wife was stealing to buy stuff for my mistresses.

[brush]

27. Five of 'em. Boy, that family values guy sure got around. Who does he think he is, Tiger Woods?

[True Blue American]

50. Nah, Bob Livingston

He had 6 remember?

[malaise]

28. Thread winner

;rofl:

[NCjack]

29. "My wife's coldness cause me to find warmth in my mistresses. If only she had

been better, I would have been better."

[uponit7771]

83. +1

[Adrahil]

12. To be honest....

As soo. As he threw her under the bus, I figured they had pre-existing issues.

[Kaleva]

18. Married in name only

[alwaysinasnit]

53. I have a feeling that was why they made their appearances in federal court by arriving separately

and with different attorneys, and wouldn't even look at each other throughout the hearings.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/24/politics/duncan-hunter-margaret-hunter/index.html

[RhodeIslandOne]

54. She'll be looking at a nice divorce settlement

[Blue_true]

79. He has no money. nt

[riversedge]

3. busy little man wasn't he!!

[ProfessorPlum]

8. In fairness, when you kind of look like a poor man's Sean Connery

the temptation must be great.

Even more so if you have inherited a congressional seat for which you have done nothing to earn.

just kidding, of course

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. Well trump won't comment on hunter anymore

[riversedge]

57. umm. not counting on Trump not commenting. just my gut talking.

[populistdriven]

5. 5? lol heckuva job Duncan, and Sessions was supposed to ignore this?

I wonder how long his arrest actually was delayed by Trumpf...

[genxlib]

9. Apples and trees

You know the saying

[eleny]

10. I predicted that he'd be gone by now

Last edited Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:55 PM - Edit history (1)

He's a stubborn one. So full of his importance and power. So I'll revise my prediction and say he'll be gone by this weekend. You know, slip away on Friday night or Saturday.

[MyOwnPeace]

43. I'll admit............

I'm not putting 100% into thought regarding this thread.

Are you talking about Hunter or Trump?

[eleny]

63. Lol!

[Le Gaucher]

61. He's like the shit that floats and refuses to be flushed away

Unflushable

[eleny]

65. Unflushable sung to the tune of It's Impossible

[ProfessorPlum]

13. more from the article

“On or about March 23, 2016, in Washington, D.C.,” the indictment also says, “Duncan Hunter spent $865.63 in campaign funds for a room at the Liaison Capitol Hill while Individual 7 visited from San Diego.”

Hunter’s campaign spending on behalf of Individual 14 lasted more than a year, including “driving his car on a 468-mile trip to Virginia Beach” and “a personal stay at the Liaison Capitol Hill” in the first half of 2011, the indictment claims.

Three days later, Hunter had his campaign pay a $1,008 tab at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino “for food, drinks and three nights lodging during a personal ski trip with Individual 14,” the indictment states.

Two years later, the indictment moves on to Individual 15. Prosecutors say Hunter began charging Uber rides to the person’s home in Washington D.C. He spent campaign money on Individual 15 for two years, until July 2015, costs that included ridesharing, drinks and barbecue, prosecutors allege.

Oh, the humanity

[brush]

30. Seriously? There were as many as 15? Wonder if there were any golf outings since he seems to...

have been following the Tiger Woods method.

[Ilsa]

34. Clue #1: it's named "Liaison Capitol Hill"

Sounds like a place you rent the room by the hour.

The hotel next door is called Intern Inn.

[ProfessorPlum]

37. why not "Inntern"

[Ilsa]

38. It works, visually, but I'm not

Sure it markets and defines itself as well auditorially.

[ProfessorPlum]

39. you are right

perhaps Inn-tern with a pause in between, lol

[Ilsa]

69. Oh yeah! More than one way to take it! nt

[rusty fender]

44. "You can't make this stuff up!"

[malaise]

14. Affairs are only a problem when the guilty party is a Dem. n/t

[ProfessorPlum]

21. that does seem to be the rule, doesn't it

[PearliePoo2]

16. Damn this is good news! Throw the filthy Repub whore in jail!

K&R

[Iliyah]

17. Well hell, the Democrats made him have those affairs . . .

Democrats also made him use campaign funds as well. It's all the Democrats fault! They made him do it!

[Moostache]

19. I'm shocked to my core....a REPUBLICAN family values pillar? CHEATING? STEALING? LYING?

Be still my heart....I do not think I can take the affront to humanity! I have the vapors....someone, please catch me, I feel faint...


Hey Duncan, you lying, cheating piece of hypocritical shit....FUCK YOU TOO!!!

[ProfessorPlum]

20. maybe he'll get gourmet food in the slammer, like his dad alleged that

Gitmo prisoners got:

"The guy who wanted to drive that plane into the building at the World Trade Center is going to dine tomorrow on lemon fish with two types of vegetables, two types of fruit, and then he will be afforded his taxpayer-funded Koran, taxpayer-funded prayer beads and oil so he can pray, presumably to kill more Americans," Mr. Hunter said.

I'll always think of him fondly (DH Sr) as the "two types of fruit" guy.

[DBoon]

22. please don't tell me one of them involved a rabbit

poor bunny...

[shanny]

25. I thought he said it was all his wife's fault?

They must have an interesting relationship.

[Achilleaze]

26. Another republican family-values role model

[Mc Mike]

47. Is this a bad time to point out his 100% rating from the American Family Association?

[ProfessorPlum]

52. Yes it is. Well done! :)

[Mc Mike]

62. Hi, Prof. Nt

[malaise]

78. Bwaaaaah

Nicely played.

[Achilleaze]

81. It's always a good time for truth

despite republican lies to the contrary.

[Mc Mike]

90. They're very devout. And religious. Holy. etc. Nt

[atreides1]

31. Not sit well with his base???

You are joking, right???

Hunter could have slept with a hundred different while his wife watched and his base would still vote for him! His base is just like him they have morals when it's convenient and offer excuses when it isn't!!!!

[ProfessorPlum]

36. I don't think the infidelity

will bother them much. Like their objections to abortion, that is more a means to an end than anything they actually care about.

But possibly spending their money to carry on affairs? That has to sting a little bit, I'd hope.

[Blue_true]

80. You nailed it, every point.

After watching them worship Trump, I am now comfortable with getting into their face when they start the holier than thou bullshit. They are evil people that toss their "morals" around out of convenience, period.

[gopiscrap]

32. Ouch

I guess he's gonna go hike the old Appalachian Trail

[MyOwnPeace]

45. You mean the one............

in South America?

[gopiscrap]

85. yup, it's for the morally and geograpically challenged

[Sanity Claws]

33. Was he having an affair with a rabbit?

Or maybe he brought the rabbit along with him while having an affair?
Another possible scenario: The paramour liked salads and Duncan Hunter thought the rabbit might enjoy having dinner with the paramour.

[Initech]

40. Is there anyone in the GOP right now who is *NOT* a crook?

Anyone? Anyone at all? Bueller?

[Demovictory9]

41. "Washington circles have whispered for years about California Republican's possible marital infideli

In January 2010, just one year into his first term in office after succeeding his father representing San Diego County, Hunter dropped more than $1,000 in campaign money on a “personal” three-day ski trip at a resort in Lake Tahoe with Individual 14.

He spent $121.34 on food and beer two months later at a concert with Individual 14 and “Congressman A” and his date, the indictment states.

Hunter’s spending on Individual 14 lasted through June 2011, when he allegedly spent $254 of campaign money on beer, golf, and clothes.

For two years, from 2013 to 2015, Hunter charged his campaign for expenses on Individual 15. He ordered Uber rides to Individual 15’s home and paid for bar tabs and food, per the indictment.

In June 2015, overlapping by a month with his spending on outings with Individual 15, Hunter allegedly began using his campaign cash on Individual 16.

Hunter, who worked with Individual 16, according to the indictment, spent $203 at Washington’s H Street Country Club with the individual, as well as “Congressman C” and his date.

Hunter had brief relationships with two other people in Washington, Individuals 17 and 18, in October 2015 and September 2016, respectively.

Hunter charged his campaign $42 for Uber rides to and from Individual 17’s home on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of October 2015.

One early morning in September 2016, he paid $32 for an Uber from Individual 18’s home to his office.

Hunter also “spent $865.63 in campaign funds for a room at the Liaison Capitol Hill while Individual 7,” a California friend of Hunter and his wife, “visited from San Diego” while Margaret Hunter was still in California, the indictment reads.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/duncan-hunters-personal-relationships-get-new-attention-indictment

[ProfessorPlum]

42. There was a pretty good movie on Netflix, I think, called "Zipper" that

was about a politician's similar proclivities.

[Freethinker65]

46. Blame it on the rabbit. Duncan learned his sexual habits from rabbits.

[Salviati]

48. It won't matter to his base.

It might matter to "moderates". The republican base are garbage people with hateful garbage values.

[spanone]

49. in that case trump will probably pardon him

[TygrBright]

51. Paging Tammy Wynette...

helpfully,
Bright

[MaryMagdaline]

55. Damn, no wonder he can't live on his $175K salary

[Gothmog]

56. Five affairs

This explains why Hunter and his wife have separate counsel

[brooklynite]

58. So, he was f****** like a.....rabbit?

[rurallib]

59. sounds like the kind of guy the evangelicals can get behind.

[MyOwnPeace]

86. As "frisky" as he seems to be..............

I'm thinking that the term "get behind" is one that he'd like to hear!

[rurallib]

87. !

[awesomerwb1]

60. Congressman "A" and "C"

Haven't read any of the 47 page document but I imagine there's Congressman "B"? , Any info. on these?

[bluecollar2]

64. BENGHAZI!!!! E MAILS!!!!

Sorry about that...it just popped out...

I'm guessing Nines and Gowdey are breathing a sigh of relief right now.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

66. Was he cheating on his Rabbit?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

71. Local comments in Hunter's hometown newspaper....

Wide range of reactions to Congressman Hunter’s fraud charges
By Isabel Hughes
Thu August 30, 2018

Link: http://www.thealpinesun.com/article/wide-range-reactions-congressman-hunter%E2%80%99s-fraud-charges-isabel-hughes

Steve Allison, 72, has lived in Alpine for 19 years and said he has been supporting Duncan Hunter Sr. and Jr. since he moved to Al­pine. He said he voted for some­one else in the June primary but will ultimately support Hunter in November because he feels he is still the best choice for the 50th Congressional District.

“I support a lot of the things that he stands for but I also sup­port the rule of law and if he’s misused funds then he needs to be held accountable,” Allison said.

He added that Donald Trump’s lack of tweeting about Hunter’s indictment makes him less hope­ful that Hunter is innocent, and that he still hopes for Hunter Jr’s exoneration. Amber Hills, 38, said she sup­ported Duncan Hunter Sr. in the past but has not been keeping up with Hunter Jr’s indictment

The above statement is typical of what makes me wonder if we're going to survive this round of right-wing madness: "Donald Trump’s lack of tweeting about Hunter’s indictment makes him less hopeful...."

What is wrong with these people?....... ...... ........ ........

[Vinca]

74. Uh oh. Has Duncan been tap dancing in airport toilet stalls???

[edbermac]

75. Never heard anything so disgusting in my life.

Tell me more and don’t leave out any sordid details. Is there any video?

[ProfessorPlum]

89. Lol :)

[oasis]

77. Will Trump continue to back this guy up?

[MyOwnPeace]

88. Are you kidding?

This guy will be Trump's next HERO - he'll send Sessions to personally cover his ass (which Jeffie just may well enjoy doing!).

Yep, IQ45 will have this guy as his next Chief Of Staff - because he knows how to get it done!!!!

[yellowcanine]

84. Wait. So Duncan was dunking his bread stick?