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Calif. Rep. Hunter, wife are accused of misspending $250,000 in campaign funds

WASHINGTON - They dropped more than $14,000 on a family vacation in Italy. They racked up $3,300 at In-N-Out, Carl's Jr, Taco Bell and other fast-food restaurants. Over the years, prosecutors allege, Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, picked up Fandango movie tickets, a $250 airplane ride for the family rabbit, video games and vitamins from Costco - and once, 30 tequila shots for a bachelor party.

"Our treat," Hunter, R-Calif., and his wife told their friends when they picked up the $1,164 tab at the Montage resort in Laguna Beach for food and drinks.

A federal grand jury indicted the couple Tuesday,

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