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Donald Trump has pardoned the most corrupt politician in America who spent $250k in donations on vacations, parties and five mistresses
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a full pardon to embattled former California Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-San Diego), who was convicted in Dec. 2019 on a conspiracy charge for stealing campaign funds for personal use.
Hunter's 11-month sentence was scheduled to begin in January 2021 after his self-surrender date was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The former congressman, who represented the 50th district encompassing San Diego's East County for nearly six terms, pleaded guilty on Dec. 3, 2019, to misusing $150,000 in campaign funds for his own personal expenses between 2010 and 2016 -- everything from outings with friends to $511 on his daughter’s birthday party at the Hotel Del Coronado.
Hunter and his wife, Margaret Hunter, were originally charged with 60 criminal counts. The complaint alleged he misused the campaign funds for golf outings, plane tickets and a family vacation to Italy. Prosecutors also said the money went to household items and airline tickets for their pet rabbit.
Prosecutors said that despite their lavish spending, the couple were in dire financial straits, overdrawing their bank account more than 1,100 times over a seven-year period.
Margaret Hunter -- who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and, as part of her plea deal, agreed to testify against her husband -- was sentenced to 8 months home confinement, which started in late August
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