No member of Congress has been known to have their pension benefits taken away, and legal and policy experts doubt Hunter's felony offense will warrant him being the first.
Last month, Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy for converting campaign funds to personal use, but that doesn’t mean taxpayers will be off the hook for supporting the congressman after he retires.
Based on formulas outlined in a paper released by the research service, it is estimated that Hunter, 43, would receive an annual payment of at least $32,538 from his congressional pension, which he can begin accessing when he turns 62.“I do not have any information to provide regarding Congressman Hunter’s personal finances, including the status of his retirement or pension,” said Michael Harrison, a spokesman for Hunter.
Andrzejewski provided an Oct. 9, 2019, email in which an official with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management stated that no members of Congress have been stripped of their retirement benefits because of a conviction.For example, former Rep. Corrine Brown, a Florida Democrat convicted on 18 of 22 corruption charges including mail fraud and filing a false federal tax return in 2017, isfrom prison, as is former Pennsylvania Rep.
“He pleaded to a single felony but not one that is specifically included in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act,” said Beth A. Rotman, an attorney who is the money in politics and ethics program director for the good government group Common Cause.
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