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Tangled In Campaign Finance Scandal, GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter To Resign Next Week

Hunter pleaded guilty last month to misusing campaign funds. He and his wife were accused of having used over $250,000 in campaign funds for their own personal use.

Embattled California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter is set to resign from Congress on Jan. 13 after pleading guilty last month to misusing campaign funds.

Hunter had long decried the charges against him as politically motivated, but in early December he

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