Duncan Hunter
FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a motions hearing in San Diego. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Hunter, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter’s birthday party. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 23, 2020 01:14 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Collins. Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump to be president, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison after admitting he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses when he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company had failed. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 22, 2020 09:04 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Margaret Hunter, the wife of former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, leaves a federal building in San Diego. Margaret Hunter has filed for divorce from former Rep. Duncan Hunter on Nov. 20, 2020, in San Diego Superior Court, according to online records. Both were convicted of corruption and prosecutors had said that the lawmaker had used campaign funds on extramarital affairs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Wife of convicted California congressman seeks divorce

Dec. 09, 2020 08:23 PM EST

Loyola Law School students, from left, Laura Rodi, Laura Bond, and Kathy Feeney, far right, congratulate first time voter Hector Escobar Solis, who got a provisional ballot just a few minutes before the closing of the polling place at the Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Joe Biden won California and its 55 electoral votes Tuesday, tightening the Democrats' grip on the nation's most populous state. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
California chooses Biden; state GOP hoping for US House wins

By Adam Beam Nov. 04, 2020 12:33 PM EST

First timer voter Jessica Henderson gets her "I Voted!" sticker after casting her ballot in-person on Election Day outside the Ruben F. Salazar Park recreation center, an official vote center in East Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
California chooses Biden, state GOP hoping for US House wins

By Adam Beam Nov. 04, 2020 05:02 AM EST

Voters sit in socially distant chairs before being called up to receive their ballots and vote at the Nevada County Fairgrounds vote center on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Grass Valley, Calif. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)
Democrat Joe Biden wins California’s 55 electoral votes

By Adam Beam Nov. 03, 2020 12:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020 file photo, Rep. Harley Rouda, D-Calif., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rouda is facing a challenge from Republican Michelle Steel for his 48th Congressional District seat. California’s tarnished Republican Party is hoping to rebound in a handful of U.S. House races but its candidates must overcome widespread loathing for President Donald Trump and voting trends that have made the nation’s most populous state an exemplar of Democratic strength. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
Drubbed in 2018, California GOP looks to regain House seats

By Michael R. Blood Oct. 04, 2020 12:01 PM EDT

Ex-California lawmaker's prison term delayed due to virus

May. 07, 2020 04:40 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge Thursday agreed to push back the start of former California Rep. Duncan Hunter's prison term for stealing campaign funds until...

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2019 file photo shows California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter leaving federal court in San Diego. Former Rep. Duncan Hunter wants to push back the start of his prison term until next year because of concerns over the global pandemic. Hunter's lawyers and prosecutors filed a joint motion in federal court in San Diego on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 and are awaiting a ruling from the judge on their request to change the date from May 29 to Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Ex-California lawmaker seeks prison term delay due to virus

By Julie Watson May. 06, 2020 02:12 PM EDT