The California congressman showed no emotion in the courtroom when he pleaded guilty to misusing campaign money.
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter showed no emotion in the courtroom when he pleaded guilty to misusing campaign money in San Diego on Tuesday.
Outside federal court, the California congressman declined to say when he would leave office.
Prosecutor Phil Halpern noted Hunter’s honorable service in the Marine Corps and his place in a family that has been a local political dynasty. But he had a sharp rebuke for the congressman’s claim that the investigation was a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
“No figure, regardless of what office they occupy, should be allowed in this country to cry witch-hunt or fake news and attempt to deflect their criminal wrongdoings,” he said.
Halpern vowed to seek a prison term for Hunter of at least a year, although his plea agreement calls for up to five years.
Hunter, 42, changed his not guilty plea Tuesday. He had denied wrongdoing for more than a year.
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