Margaret Hunter admitted that the couple spent campaign funds on lavish personal expenses, including a $10,000 trip to Italy and plane tickets for their pet rabbit, Eggburt.
changed her plea from not guilty to guilty in a San Diego court Thursday, admitting that she and her husband misused more than $200,000 worth of campaign funds for personal gain.
As part of the new plea agreement, she is also required to help in the investigation of her husband and any others involved in her crimes. The Republican congressman, who has also been indicted, has not changed his not guilty plea. Between 2010 and 2016 the couple concealed their alleged crimes by designating the expenses as"campaign related," she admitted.
“She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did that’ll be looked at too, I’m sure,” he told Fox News. “But I didn’t do it. I didn’t spend any money illegally.”Margaret Hunter shared a statement through her lawyers Thursday, saying she has"accepted full responsibility for my conduct" with her guilty plea.
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