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01-17-20-LOCAL-Hunter Resignation-APphoto — This Dec. 3, 2019, file photo shows California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter leaving federal court in San Diego. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, effective Jan. 13, after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, leaving one of the Republican’s few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California. Hunter’s departure ends his family's political dynasty in which he and his father, Duncan L. Hunter, represented the San Diego County district for nearly 30 years. AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file photo

Former Rep. Duncan Hunter gets full pardon from Trump

December 22, 2020

TEMECULA (CNS) - Former Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty last year to using campaign funds for personal expenses and was weeks away from beginning an 11-month prison sentence, received a full pardon Tuesday, Dec. 22 from President Donald Trump. Hunter represented the 50th Congressional District, a portion of which stretches into southwestern Riverside County. According to a statement from the White House, the pardon was issued ``at the request of many members of Congress'' and was supported by Bradley Smith, former Federal Election Commission chairman. The White House statement cites Smith as saying the case against Hunter ``could have been handled as a civil case via the Federal Election Commission.'' Hunter pleaded guilty last year to a conspiracy charge for spending hundreds o

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