Ex-Idaho Sen. Craig: Bathroom trip official business

[IDemo]

BOISE, Idaho — Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous June 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.

Craig is hoping to avoid repaying $217,000 in campaign funds the Federal Election Commission claims he misused to defend himself.

The FEC sued Craig in June in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging he converted the campaign money to personal use by spending it on his legal defense after he was accused of soliciting sex in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bathroom. The commission argues Craig's defense had no connection to his campaign for federal office.

Craig counters that money tied to his airport bathroom trip was for neither personal use nor his campaign, but fell under his official, reimbursable duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and the nation's capital for work.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/08/03/2215333/craig-airport-bathroom-trip-was.html

[tanyev]

1. That's a pretty wide stance on what constitutes official business.

[longship]

4. Too bad DUzy is on vacation this week.

Your post is a DUzy.

Thanks for the laugh.

[leftyohiolib]

2. lying liars they are - they lie about everything

[lunatica]

3. I see he's still paying the karma