Duncan Hunter To Plead Guilty To Misusing Campaign Funds: Report

SAN DIEGO, CA — Embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) plans to plead guilty to a charge of misusing campaign funds for personal expenses, the congressman told the TV station KUSI Monday.

Duncan and his wife were indicted last summer on five dozen criminal counts, including wire fraud, conspiracy and falsification of records. Hunter previously pleaded not guilty to the count alleging he misused $250,000 in campaign funds for personal uses ranging from vacations to extramarital affairs to a plane ticket for his wife's pet rabbit.

Hunter, who represents San Diego County as well as the Temecula area in Riverside County, now plans to plead guilty to that charge at his plea hearing, set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in San Diego, according to KUSI.

Hunter still plans to plead not guilty to three other counts, he told KUSI. He didn't say whether he intends to resign his seat in Congress.

“Whatever my time in custody is, I will take that hit. My only hope is that the judge does not sentence my wife to jail," he said. "I think my kids need a mom in the home.”

Hunter's wife Margaret pleaded guilty in June to a federal conspiracy charge related to the alleged misuse of campaign funds.