Federal agents on Friday searched the California home of U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, along with the yacht in Washington, D.C., where he has been living, the FBI said.

Agents from the FBI, Internal Revenue Service and the Defense Department's criminal investigative service also searched the Washington offices of a defense firm whose founder bought the congressman's previous home, leading to a federal investigation, said Debra Weierman, a Washington FBI spokeswoman.

Cunningham, 63, has said that he showed poor judgment in selling the house, but he acted honestly and predicted that an investigation would prove that.

Two experts on congressional politics say that Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham is in deep trouble with his Republican constituents, if the results of a poll released Thursday are on the mark.

Of those respondents who have followed the recent controversy involving the Escondido Republican, 76 percent said they thought the congressman broke the law or acted unethically when he sold his Del Mar Heights home to the president of a defense contractor in late 2003.

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