CALIFORNIA/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, a Republican of California, was indicted on charges that he and his wife used hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for vacations, video games and other personal expenses and filed false campaign finance reports, federal officials said on Tuesday [8-21-18]. Hunter, who was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, has been accused of conspiracy, wire fraud, falsification of records and other charges, said Adam Braverman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California. Braverman said in a statement that a federal grand jury indicted the lawmaker and his wife on charges that they misused more than $250,000 in campaign funds to pay for family vacations, groceries, video games, meals and other personal expenses…Vega said in the letter that Hunter, 41, was an early congressional supporter of Donald Trump for president while two members of the prosecution team had attended a private fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, Trump’s Democratic opponent in the 2016 presidential race. Vega charged that the ‘overt political leanings’ of the two prosecutors created an ‘apparent conflict that cannot be ignored.’ Another early backer of Trump, Republican Representative Chris Collins of New York, ended his bid for re-election earlier this month after he was charged with participating in an insider trading scheme.”
–Reuters Staff, “U.S. Republican Representative Hunter indicted for alleged misuse of campaign funds,” Reuters, August 21, 2018 3:44 pm