Ex-California Rep. Duncan Hunter Gets 11 Months in Prison

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to misspending campaign funds. The ex-Marine’s attorneys had asked for home confinement. Prosecutors had asked for 14 months in prison. Hunter resigned from Congress in January after serving six terms representing one of Southern California’s last solidly Republican districts. The former Marine’s defense attorneys had asked for home confinement, citing his military service including fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The funds bankrolled private school tuition for his children, his wife’s shopping sprees, weekend trips with his mistress and drinking parties in Washington.