From Fallujah to FBI investigation: The undoing of Duncan Hunter

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1. Rep. Duncan Hunter's GOP colleagues reportedly worry about his re-election prospectsand his conduct

Under federal investigation for over a year, Rep. Duncan Hunter is getting pushed hard from two directions.

The FBI is looking into his campaign spending after reports that he used money from donors for his own personal expenses, from family vacations to oral surgery and private school tuition.

Hunter denies all intentional wrongdoing and said he has paid back all funds that were spent by mistake. But on Thursday, Politico reported that other Republicans are encouraging Hunter, R-Alpine, to end his career in Congress by not seeking a sixth term.

As he awaits results of the criminal investigation, Hunter’s GOP colleagues made his life tougher by portraying him as a congressman who carouses around Washington. Quoted anonymously, the Republicans suggested Hunter had a drinking problem and had inappropriate relationships with a staffer and a lobbyist on Capitol Hill.

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