Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has appeared to shift blame to his wife for the egregious misuse of campaign funds in an appearance on Fox News. (The Hill)
“She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that’ll be looked at too, I’m sure,” Hunter told Fox News on Thursday. “But I didn’t do it. I didn’t spend any money illegally.”
But Hunter said the trips flagged by the Justice Department as personal vacations paid for with campaign funds “were fundraisers,” and that he and his wife are innocent of the accused wrongdoing.
“That’s how we campaigned and tried to raise money, is by travelling, having dinners, meeting people,” Hunter told Fox’s Martha MacCallum.
He did acknowledge that his campaign, led by his wife and campaign manager Margaret Hunter, made “mistakes,” but maintained that he was not responsible for any improper spending.
Lawyers for Hunter questioned the timing of the indictment, coming days after California’s Republican primary – and too late for another GOP candidate to have their name put on the ballot.
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