GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter resigns after corruption conviction

California Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter has resigned a month after being convicted of corruption. The departure by the former Marine who was one of President Donald Trump's strongest supporters leaves vacant one of the GOP's few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California. Hunter pleaded guilty last month to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to misspend at least $150,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. He and his father represented the San Diego County district for nearly 30 years. He’s scheduled to be sentenced March 17. Prosecutors have said they will ask for no more than a year of jail time.