California Rep. Hunter’s wife may have flipped on him in corruption case by AndrewRomano
“She handled my finances,” Hunter, 42, told Fox News last year. “She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did, that’ll be looked at too.”Now Margaret Hunter may be getting her revenge — and as a result she could help a Democrat replace her husband in Congress.
Asked by a reporter whether Hunter had also agreed to testify against her husband, McNamara declined to answer. In the plea deal Margaret Hunter signed Tuesday, she directly implicated her husband in many of these fraudulent transactions. If Hunter is convicted — the charges against him could carry a prison sentence of up to five years — no constitutional provision or House rule would require him to be removed from Congress; if imprisoned, he would no longer be allowed to vote on behalf of his district, but he would technically be allowed to retain his seat. Even so, he would almost certainly come under enormous pressure from Republican leaders to resign.
The far more likely scenario, however, is that a convicted Hunter either succumbs to GOP pressure or is forcibly expelled from Congress. Both outcomes would trigger a special House election. In California, such elections are typically called within 14 days of removal or resignation, and held 126 to 140 days later.
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