Larry Craig claims infamous bathroom trip was official business

[proud2BlibKansan]

BOISE, Idaho – Former Republican U.S. senator Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous July 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 neither for personal use or his campaign, but falls under his official, reimbursable duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and the nation's capital for work.

more . . . http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-08-03/larry-craig-bathroom-trip-lawsuit/56759984/1

[warrior1]

1. hahahahaha

hahahaha.


Yea, we know.

[Bjorn Against]

2. Well the official business of the Republicans does usually involve someone getting screwed.

[WCGreen]

3. He was officially looking to get laid...

[calimary]

12. ROFL!!!!!!!!!

[RZM]

4. Official monkey business, maybe n/t

[arcane1]

5. "Damn, why didn't we have SuperPACs back then to pay for this crap??" he lamented

[unblock]

6. Yeah he was trying to find the real killer to clear oj

[WillyT]

7. Well... There's Business, And Then There's "Official" Business...

If ya know what I mean.

[Major Hogwash]

8. Craig was convicted of committing a crime while in the state of Minnesota.

Therefore, Craig's "excuse" for using campaign money to defend himself based on him being on official business in Minnesota is moot.

Campaign money that has been donated to him for previous campaigns can NOT be used to pay for his legal expenses.

[Skittles]

9. LOL

[calimary]

13. OMG! LOVE IT!!! I'm saving this one!

[LadyHawkAZ]

10. Taking money for sex is ALSO illegal, Larry. n/t

[Blue Owl]

11. Again with the stall tactics, Larry...

n/t

[jmowreader]

14. You'll like some of the responses in this thread...

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_7ee39e10-dd92-11e1-b665-0019bb2963f4.html

The people who said the nastiest things about this putz...actually voted for him.

[pokerfan]

15. A golden oldie from the past...

After the latest on Senator Larry Craig, the Spokesman-Review's singing columnist Doug Clark fulfills journalistic duty again with a karaoke-worthy parody of "Tap Three Times."

[tanyev]

16. He takes a very wide stance on what constitutes official business.