A Southern California congressman is being investigated over a thousand dollars in video game charges that he paid for on his campaign credit card.
Representative Duncan Hunter, who represents El Cajon and most of Temecula, claims that it was not him who rung up all the gaming fees – rather it was his son, also named Duncan. Via Press Enterprise:
According to Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper, Hunter’s 13-year-old son, Duncan, used a campaign credit card to pay for video games. Hunter shut down the video game account in October and reimbursed his campaign for the charges, Kasper said.
But the account continued to charge the credit card to the tune of about $1,300, Kasper said, adding that Hunter voluntarily reported the charges to the FEC.
Hunter’s FEC filing lists 68 instances in which campaign funds paid for video games, according to published reports.
As the Washington Times notes, FEC rules state that campaign funds are to be used “for bona fide campaign or political purposes only” and cannot be used “to enhance a member’s lifestyle, or to pay a member’s personal obligations”
There is no word what the game was that racking up the charges on the Hunter campaign credit card.
