On MSNBC, Dana Milbank Compares Hunter Campaign Finance Violation Charges to Mark Foley Sex Scandal

During Tuesday's edition of Hardball With Chris Matthews, the indictment of California Congressman Duncan Hunter for campaign finance violations came up, with host Chris Matthews making sure to point out that Hunter was a Republican as well as the second member of Congress to endorse President Trump.  Matthews gleefully pointed out that the first member of Congress to endorse President Trump, Chris Collins, has been indicted for insider trading and lying to the FBI. Matthews then turned to panelist Dana Milbank, saying "Dana, this is rich material for you. This is a gold mine." Milbank said that the charges of campaign finance violations "seems to have brought him down" despite the fact that Hunter has not announced any plans to step down.  Milbank went on to compare the Hunter scandal to the scandal surrounding Former Congressman Mark Foley, who had to resign after it became public that he had inappropriate relationships with congressional pages; definitely a bit of a leap: "It has that sort of feeling of 2006 with Mark Foley, the Abramoff scandal going on."