Duncan Hunter

U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, a leading California Republican who pleaded guilty last month to a federal corruption charge of conspiracy to misuse campaign funds, announced on Tuesday that he would resign from office effective Jan. 13. Hunter, 43, wh...

Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, one month after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving vacant one of the GOP's few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California. Hunter's departure effecti...

Three lawmakers — Republican Reps. John Shimkus of Illinois and Duncan Hunter of California and Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano of New York — missed the historic House votes to impeach President Donald Trump. Hunter, who pleaded guilty to illegal...

The House Ethics Committee released its report of its investigation into alleged misuse of campaign funds from Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who pleaded guilty last week and announced he will resign from Congress "after the holidays." Some of the...

Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-Calif.) said Monday he will plead guilty to one count of campaign finance violations on Tuesday and hinted he will step down from Congress, typically a precondition for the type of plea deal Hunter is accepting. Hunter is the sec...

A federal prosecutor vowed Tuesday to seek jail time for California Rep. Duncan Hunter after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to misusing $150,000 in campaign funds for his own personal expenses. The six-term Republican, who had fought the allegations for more t...

U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, a leading California conservative, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a single federal charge of conspiring to misuse campaign funds in a corruption case that could help Democrats gain his traditionally Republican seat. Hunter...

San Diego-area Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter says he is prepared to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds after prosecutors say money was spent on things like romantic relationships and airline tickets for a pet rabbit....

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) is apparently having second thoughts.The congressman had previously pleaded not guilty to allegations that he and his wife had spent around $250,000 in campaign funds for personal costs -- a major violation of campaign financ...

Embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter criticized Navy officials Monday for their plans to possibly remove a Navy SEAL acquitted of murder charges from the service against the wishes of President Donald Trump....

Federal prosecutors and the defense attorneys of the wife of Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter want her sentencing tied to the misuse of campaign funds moved until after her husband's trial. Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. ...

At turns fiery and defiant, indicted U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter on Monday argued that he is the best candidate to hold his Southern California seat in a field of rival Republicans and suggested they should look elsewhere for political opportunities. "I&#...

Former congressman Darrell Issa talks about running for the 50th District seat held by Rep. Duncan Hunter....

Darrell Issa, former California congressman, is expected to announce that he will challenge fellow Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter for Hunter's San Diego seat. Hunter is facing a January trial on federal charges of corruption and mismanagement....

Former California Rep. Darrell Issa plans to run against indicted fellow GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter, The Associated Press has learned. Larry Wilske, a retired Navy SEAL also running for Hunter's seat, told the AP on Wednesday that Issa told him he ...

Hunter is accused of misusing campaign funds....

A U.S. judge in San Diego has pushed back the corruption trial of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter until next year. The 42-year-old Republican lawmaker and his wife have been accused of misusing $250,000 in campaign funds. Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty to one cou...

Embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter looking to push back the start of his trial on corruption charges....

U.S. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is facing corruption charges, wants his Sept. 10 trial postponed while his attorneys appeal a San Diego judge's refusal to dismiss the case. Attorneys for the California lawmaker are expected to ask the same fed...

Carl DeMaio announced today that he's running to replace Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, the embattled six-term incumbent representing California's 50th District....

A federal judge has ruled that a trip Duncan Hunter took in 2015 was in fact a family vacation and not for business as he had claimed....

Defense lawyers argued prosecutors were politically motivated when they indicted the congressman....

Judge won't dismiss charges against Congressman Duncan Hunter...

A federal judge has refused to dismiss federal corruption charges against U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter or move the trial outside his Southern California district as requested by the GOP lawmaker's attorneys. U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan in ruling from...

(Bloomberg) -- Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter's request to move his corruption trial out of San Diego was rejected by a federal judge.The judge in San Diego on Monday also rejected Hunter's request to recuse the prosecutors in the case becau...

Congressman Duncan Hunter in court for motions hearing Monday, judge will rule whether to drop specific charges, if wife's statements will be heard in case....

A judge on Monday is expected to rule on a bid by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter to move his trial on charges that he looted campaign funds for personal use and even to dismiss charges. The California Republican's trial begins in September. Hunter, 42, is se...

Jurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs when they consider charges that the California Republican stole campaign money to finance vacations, golf outings and other personal expenses, a judge said Monday....

The judge in Rep. Duncan Hunter's corruption trial says the jury can hear about the Republican's affairs in court. Outside of the courtroom, Hunter's father alleged that the charges against his son are politically motivated. (July 1)...

Rep. Duncan Hunter was greeted by protesters at his San Diego court hearing....

A federal judge will let jurors hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged extramarital affairs at a trial over whether the California Republican illegally used campaign money on personal expenses. U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan ruled Monda...

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California is charged with looting his own campaign cash to finance vacations, golf and other personal expenses, then trying to cover it up. The congressman's attorneys are trying to get the charges dismissed, arguing that p...

Lawyers for California Rep. Duncan Hunter want a federal judge to reject an attempt by prosecutors to introduce evidence that the congressman used campaign funds to finance a string of extramarital relationships, a court filing said Friday. Allegations ab...

Indicted California Rep. Duncan Hunter is asking a judge to reject an attempt by prosecutors to introduce evidence that the congressman used campaign funds to finance a string of extramarital relationships. Allegations about the married Republican congres...

Rep. Duncan Hunter faces a groping accusation from a former DC staff member....

Filing details Rep. Duncan Hunter's alleged affairs...

Prosecutors alleged in a Monday court filing that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to carry out multiple affairs over at least seven years with congressional staffers and lobbyists....

Prosecutors alleged in a Monday court filing that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to carry out multiple affairs over at least seven years with congressional staffers and lobbyists....

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to pay for "intimate" encounters with several women, including one skiing rendezvous with a lobbyist at Lake Tahoe, the Justice Department alleged in new court filings....

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to pay for "intimate" encounters with several women, including one skiing rendezvous with a lobbyist at Lake Tahoe, the Justice Department alleged in new court filings....

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California illegally used campaign funds to finance romantic flings with lobbyists and congressional aides, spending thousands of dollars on meals, cocktails and vacations, federal prosecutors say. Details about the married Repu...

Prosecutors alleged in a Monday court filing that Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., used campaign funds to carry out multiple affairs over at least seven years with congressional staffers and lobbyists....

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. prosecutors want to reveal that Congressman Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pursue "a series of intimate relationships" when the married California Republican goes on trial over corruption charges.Hunter's spending on ...

Darrel Issa may be eyeing a return to the House if current representative Duncan Hunter doesn't run for reelection or resigns, The Hill reports....