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Former Rep. Duncan Hunter Gets 11 Months In Prison For Misusing Campaign Funds

Former Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has been sentenced to 11 months in federal prison for corruption charges stemming from the illegal misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds.

Hunter, who represented one of the few solidly red of unlawfully using campaign funds, just one of 60 counts he and his wife, Margaret, faced, according to an .

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