Prosecutors said Duncan Hunter tapped campaign funds to pay for a ski vacation with a lobbyist with whom he had a relationship for roughly three years
WASHINGTON—Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pursue affairs with three lobbyists and two congressional aides, including a member of his own staff, federal prosecutors alleged in documents filed this week.
Shortly after taking office in January 2009, the California Republican began a series of extramarital relationships and used campaign funds to pay for meals, drinks, vacations and Uber rides to and from their homes, according to documents filed by prosecutors on Monday in federal court in California.
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