Amid guilty verdicts for Paul Manafort and guilty pleas from Michael Cohen, it was easy to miss another one of President Trump's affiliates going down Tuesday.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and his wife, Margaret Hunter, were indicted on a number of charges, including some notable campaign finance violations. Hunter was the second congressman to endorse Trump — Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was the first, and he also took on some financial crime charges earlier this month. And much like former Trump campaign chairman Manafort's ostrich jacket revelation, Hunter's indictment painted a vivid picture of his gilded lifestyle. Here are five of the most incredible pieces of the indictment:
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2. About four days after Mother's Day in 2016, Hunter treated his mom to a $560 steak dinner.
3. Just like your average college student, Hunter once whittled his personal bank account down to a balance of $15.02. That same day, the Hunter family's account had a negative balance and accrued $198 in insufficient funds fees. Meanwhile, the congressman was on a Lake Tahoe vacation — funded with more than $1,000 in campaign money.
4. Hunter really, really likes Hawaiian shorts, so Margaret convinced him to use campaign funds to buy some at a golf pro shop. This way, they could later say the purchase was "some [golf] balls for the wounded warriors," Margaret apparently said.
5. This one is summed up best with the indictment itself.
Beyond losing a good deal of money, Hunter has now lost a lot of ground for the midterms this fall. Cook Political Report shifted Hunter's "solid" Republican district to simply "lean" Republican, bypassing the "likely" stage that usually comes in between.
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