“I failed to monitor and account for campaign money,” Hunter told reporters following the hearing. “I made mistakes…that’s what today is all about.”US REP. HUNTER BLAMES 'DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS' FOR HIS INDICTMENT ON CORRUPTION CHARGESThe 42-year-old lawmaker will be sentenced on March 17 and faces up to five years in prison. "I think it's important not to have a public trial for three reasons, and those three reasons are my kids," Hunter told San Diego TV station KUSI. Federal prosecutors said the couple spent more than $250,000 in campaign money for golf outings, family vacations to Italy and Hawaii, tequila shots and airline tickets for their pet rabbit. In October, former four-term Republican Rep. Chris Collins of New York pleaded guilty in an insider trading case, a day after he resigned from Congress.

Source: Fox News December 03, 2019 19:41 UTC