I smell a nasty divorce proceeding after Rep. Duncan Hunter's wife changes plea...

[alwaysinasnit]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/indicted-congressmans-wife-will-change-her-plea-to-guilty-report/

"The details of the plea deal she struck with federal prosecutors is unknown, as is whether she is cooperating against her husband."

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After having thrown her under the bus, Hunter's wife is likely to spill the beans on hubby. (I am not sympathetic to her as she seems to have been up to her eyeballs in the illegal use of campaign funds.)

[TeamPooka]

1. I hope she crushes all his dreams.

[AJT]

2. Oh, and his balls....

[gldstwmn]

3. Hahaha... couldn't happen

to a nicer guy. See ya Duncan.

[struggle4progress]

4. "You take the fall this time, sweetums, and next time it's my turn!"

Wife to Plead Guilty

By Edvard Pettersson
June 12, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT

... Duncan Hunter won’t be changing his plea, according to his attorney.

“We are aware of Mrs. Hunter scheduling a hearing to change her plea,” Greg Vega said. “At this time, that does not change anything regarding Congressman Hunter. There are still significant motions that need to be litigated.”

Hunter had blamed his wife for the corruption charges, telling Fox News in an interview that she handled the couple’s finances. He also blamed a “deep state” conspiracy.

It’s not clear whether Margaret Hunter intends to take the blame, or to cooperate with prosecutors with her change of plea ...

[alwaysinasnit]

5. Gov. McDonnell redux???

[struggle4progress]

6. "We just don't get along well enough to engage in a criminal conspiracy!"

McDonnell files for divorce

By Laura Vozzella
January 7

... The McDonnells .. were convicted .. of public corruption for taking more than $175,000 in loans and gifts ...

In exchange, prosecutors alleged, the McDonnells connected the dietary-supplement-maker with state officials, let him throw a luncheon at the governor’s mansion to help launch the product and allowed him to shape the guest list at a mansion reception meant for health-care leaders ...

The .. trial put the McDonnells’ marital woes on vivid display, with defense lawyers asserting that the marriage was so broken that they could not have worked together ...

Then the Supreme Court in June 2016 threw out Robert McDonnell’s conviction ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/former-va-gov-mcdonnell-files-for-divorce-years-after-trial-aired-marital-woes/2019/01/07/3b6b2b86-12aa-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html?utm_term=.ce2b6b1a943f

[alwaysinasnit]

7. Well, assuming the Hunters do divorce, they will probably have to come up with, at the very least, a

slightly different version of the McDonnell excuse.