Republican Lawmaker Duncan Hunter Indicted for Corruption

Washington: Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret were indicted for routinely and illegally using campaign funds to pay personal bills, luxury vacations, and delinquent family dentistry bills. According to a 47-page indictment from the US Attorney’s Office in San Diego unsealed on Tuesday, the charges of wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy were the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that has stretched for more than a year, during which the Republican congressman from California has maintained his innocence, reports CNN. (IANS)