{"id":202377,"date":"2020-01-08T00:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T00:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/rep-duncan-hunter-will-resign-from-congress-effective-jan-13.html"},"modified":"2020-01-08T00:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T00:35:42","slug":"rep-duncan-hunter-will-resign-from-congress-effective-jan-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/city\/hawaii\/rep-duncan-hunter-will-resign-from-congress-effective-jan-13.html","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Duncan Hunter will renounce from Congress, effective Jan. 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Trump: 'Saved a lot of lives' in Soleimani attack\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{muted:true,bContent:false,vidNum:1,docking:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{adsEnabled:true,awsPath:news\/national,byline:,canonicalURL:,contentSourceCode:APDM,createDate:2020-01-07T21:30:23.14Z,credit:AP,duration:166000,headline:Trump: 'Saved a lot of lives' in Soleimani attack,hlsURL:https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/8e77bcf0-ddb8-4e49-a576-23bb85cf7fbd\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8,id:2836248001,image:{url:https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-thumbnails\/8e77bcf0-ddb8-4e49-a576-23bb85cf7fbd_poster.jpg,opto:true},initialPublishDate:2020-01-07T21:31:34.757Z,keywords:USAT Video,mp4URL:https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/8e77bcf0-ddb8-4e49-a576-23bb85cf7fbd\/1080p_30fps.mp4,origin:AP Domestic,pageURL:{long:https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/news\/nation\/2020\/01\/07\/trump-saved-lot-lives-soleimani-attack\/2836248001\/},promoBrief:President Donald Trump shielded his preference to aim and kill tip Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, insisting his preference saved American lives. Trump also corroborated down from his threats to aim Iranian informative sites if Iran retaliates. (Jan. 7),publishDate:2020-01-07T21:31:34.757Z,series:,ssts:{leafName:nation,path:news\/nation,section:news,storysubject:,subsection:nation,subtopic:,taxonomyEntityDisplayName:Nation,topic:},tags:[{id:68532648-1f35-4dac-a1dd-26cd518c074d,name:USAT Video}],title:Trump: 'Saved a lot of lives' in Soleimani attack,url:\/videos\/news\/nation\/2020\/01\/07\/trump-saved-lot-lives-soleimani-attack\/2836248001\/}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/52e5f_8e77bcf0-ddb8-4e49-a576-23bb85cf7fbd_poster.jpg\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" \/><\/button><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 Rep. <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Duncan Hunter,<\/a> R-Calif., submitted his minute of abdication from Congress on Tuesday after <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">pleading guilty <\/a>last month to\u00a0a\u00a0campaign financial charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The minute of abdication addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u00a0and also sent to California Governor Gavin Newsom,\u00a0is effective Jan. 13.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It has been an respect to offer a people of California&#8217;s 50th District, and we severely conclude a trust they have put in me over these final 11 years,&#8221; Hunter resolved in his letter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hunter <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">told <\/a>local radio station\u00a0KUSI on Dec. 2\u00a0that he would beg guilty to a assign to equivocate a open hearing and for a advantage of his family.\u00a0His &#8220;only wish is that a decider does not judgment my mother to jail.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a payoff to offer in Congress,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Jun 2019, Hunter&#8217;s mother Margaret Hunter <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">pled<\/a> guilty to a singular crime count and concluded to concur with prosecutors and attest opposite her husband.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1214678578400518145\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">More:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Prosecutors contend Rep. Duncan Hunter used debate supports to compensate for affairs with lobbyists and aides<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">More:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Rep. Duncan Hunter indictment: Amazing allegations embody $462.46 for 30 shots of tequila<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hunter and his mother were\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">indicted<\/a> on 60 depends of debate financial violations by sovereign prosecutors in Aug 2018. Prosecutors purported that he and\u00a0Margaret Hunter\u00a0skirted sovereign debate financial laws from 2009 to 2016 by regulating some-more than $250,000 in debate supports to compensate for personal vacations, bills, and in Duncan Hunter\u2019s case, affairs with 3 lobbyists, a congressional aide, and one of his staffers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The California Republican\u2019s box had drawn <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">attention<\/a> from President Donald Trump, who had tweeted in Hunter\u2019s invulnerability in Sep 2018. Trump slammed a &#8220;Obama era&#8221; investigations and had slammed a &#8220;Jeff Sessions Justice Department&#8221; for indicting Hunter and Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1036681588573130752\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hunter and Collins had been some of a initial members of Congress to validate Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Duncan Hunter\u2019s lawyers had formerly slammed his complaint as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d Through his attorneys, Hunter had blamed a transgressions on his wife, citing her position as a treasurer of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Federal prosecutors, however, argued that Hunter had also acted of his possess settle to use debate supports for his possess personal gain.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After he was nude of his cabinet assignments in Aug 2018,\u00a0Hunter served in a House but being means to attend in many legislative proceedings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hunter was initial inaugurated to his San Diego-area congressional district in 2008, next his father, Rep. Duncan Hunter Sr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite his indictment, Hunter <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">narrowly\u00a0won re-election<\/a> in 2018 opposite Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar.<\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/615170912\/0\/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Rep-Duncan-Hunter-will-resign-from-Congress-effective-Jan\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2013 Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., submitted his minute of abdication from Congress on Tuesday after pleading guilty last month to\u00a0a\u00a0campaign financial charge. The minute of abdication addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u00a0and also sent to California Governor Gavin Newsom,\u00a0is effective Jan. 13.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;It has been an respect to offer a people of California&#8217;s 50th District, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-202377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawaii","tag-washington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}