HARLOW: This morning a Republican Congressman and his wife indicted on charges that they funded a lavish lifestyle with campaign donations. According to prosecutors, Congressman Duncan Hunter of California, and his wife lived large enjoying a $14,000 thanksgiving vacation to Italy, $6,500 vacation to Hawaii, over $11,000 in personal purchases from Costco, $5,700 they spent on themselves and their kids at Walmart and nearly $2,000 spent on tickets for a family member to go to a Steelers game. All allegedly from campaign donations. The list goes on and on. Despite warnings from the Congressman's own treasurer to stop spending campaign donations on personal items. Hunter was a founding member of the Trump caucus during the 2016 campaign and the indictment alleges that he and his wife knowingly conspired with one another to disguise the campaign funds for personal use. They are charged with wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations, and conspiracy. Meantime a spokesman for Hunter says the Congressman believes the indictment is, quote, "purely politically motivated." This as House Speaker Paul Ryan called the charges deeply serious. But has not yet called on him to resign. He did, however, remove Hunter from the -- from three House committees that he serves on right now. Thank you so much for being with me on this busy, busy morning. I'll see you back here tomorrow morning. I'm Poppy Harlow in New York. "At This Hour" starts now.
GOP Rep. and Wife Indicted for Spending Campaign Funds on Themselves.