Feds Sue Larry Craig Over Bathroom Sex Sting Defense Cash
Source: Talking Points Memo
Federal campaign regulators brought the hammer down on disgraced former Sen. Larry Craig on Monday, accusing him of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to pay for his legal defense following an arrest in a Minneapolis airport bathroom sex sting.
The Federal Election Commission filed a federal lawsuit against Craig, who now works as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to order the former lawmaker to pay back his campaign committee more than $200,000 and stop him from raiding the committee for his own personal use.
Craig did not return a message left at his lobbying firm.
The case stems from the Idaho Republicans embarrassing 2007 arrest by an undercover cop in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bathroom stall. The cop said Craig made sexual advances toward him by tapping his feet under the stall divider.
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AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)See, e.g., Patrick J. Fitzgerald's indictment of William Beavers for tax fraud in connection with diverting contributions made for politicial purposes for personal use.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2012/pr0223_01.pdf
I still can't believe someone was arrested for tapping his feet under a stall divider
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)they stop tip toeing about this
DarthDem
(5,257 posts)Good to see the FEC taking a wide stance on this.
47of74
(18,470 posts)I always enjoy hearing about his misadventures.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)This is hilarious ----
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=n-h4KhkSEKg
underpants
(183,007 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)rocktivity
(44,585 posts)rocktivity
wordpix
(18,652 posts)66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)To the DU humorists!
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts).... his 1st words of his "I'm not gay" press conference, with wife at his side:
"Thank you all for coming out today...."
As Rachel Maddow kept saying "Just stop Larry. Just shut up. Stop talking....."
rocktivity
(44,585 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:11 PM - Edit history (1)
"I'm six feet seven, and MY stance isn't so wide that my foot goes into the next stall!"
rocktivity
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)"I don't know who that is......never heard of him.......LOOK, OVER THERE! ANTHONY WEINER!!!"