Former Sen. Craig ordered to pay for misused funds

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig has been ordered to pay nearly $242,000 to the U.S. Treasury for improperly using campaign funds to cover legal expenses after his arrest in a 2007 airport bathroom sex sting.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled Tuesday that Craig illegally converted campaign money for personal expenses while attempting to withdraw his guilty plea to one count of disorderly conduct.

Jackson found that Craig’s effort was not connected to his duties representing Idahoans in Congress. The Republican senator argued that Senate rules allow reimbursements for any official travel costs. He says he was traveling between Idaho and Washington, D.C., for work.

The Federal Election Commission countered, saying Craig violated campaign laws when he relied on donor dollars to cover his legal expenses.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/09/30/former_sen_craig_ordered_to_pay_for_misused_funds/

[cosmicone]

1. Now, he should take the widest stance possible

in returning the funds promptly.

[calimary]

16. Dammit!

You took the pun right outta my keyboard!

[Mr.Bill]

2. Sounds like he went down swinging...

...er, stealing.

[Zambero]

3. This was one spendy (stancy?) "airport potty break"

But hey, what's a conservative senator from a conservative state to do when "bored"?

[secondwind]

4. couldn't happen to a nicer guy

[jmowreader]

5. Uhh...yeah.

Dear My Former Senator: When I said all Republicans were fucked in the head, you weren't supposed to take it literally.

[gvstn]

10. I thought I had heard every Larry Craig joke. You win.

[cascadiance]

6. Craig, that's what you get for being a bonehead!

[Botany]

7. He was just being a nasty bad naughty boy

[Nye Bevan]

8. Ah, the toe-tapping senator from Wide Stance, MN.

It would surely have been much, much cheaper to rent a hotel room and hire a male escort. Not to mention a much more pleasant place for that kind of liaison, compared to a stinky airport bathroom.

[rurallib]

9. another in a line of expensive bjs in American history

[hibbing]

17. hehehe

I swear, every time I get a little down, I just have to scroll through some threads and get a good laugh.
This thread has several, but yours cracked me up the most! Thanks!

Peace

[valerief]

11. But he'll still get his pension for life and no jail time. nt

[Major Hogwash]

12. Craig thought his defense was airtight.

But, there was no way in hell it was going to be successful.

. . . Craig violated campaign laws when he relied on donor dollars to cover his legal expenses.

And he was one of the Senators that wrote those campaign laws!!

Ohhh, the irony is really ironic with this one!!!!

[davidpdx]

13. I'm sure his corporate friends will have that paid off in a jiffy

[Politicalboi]

14. Remember, Larry Craig

Is NOT gay.

[Hubert Flottz]

15. He really sucks...

When he can get it!

[47of74]

18. I wonder what he thinks of that?

Does he still love his wife? Is he still not gay, and has he still never been gay?