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Craig Can't Rescind Guilty Plea

Judge denies Idaho senator's request

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 4, 2007 2:06 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A Minnesota judge today rejected Sen. Larry Craig's attempt to rescind his guilty plea in a June men's bathroom sex sting, saying it had been entered "accurately, voluntarily, and intelligently," CNN reports. There was no immediate response from the Idaho Republican, who had said he would resign if he was unable to withdraw the plea by the end of September.

Craig's attorneys argued in court last week that he panicked at the time of his arrest, and thought a guilty plea was the quickest way of quieting the situation. Craig's troubles are not the only facing the Senate GOP: New Mexico's Pete Domenici was to announce his intention to retire today, creating potential 2008 losses in a half-dozen states.

US SENATOR IN AIRPORT BATHROOM STING
US SENATOR IN AIRPORT BATHROOM STING   (Getty Images)
US NEWS CRAIGARREST 1 ID
US NEWS CRAIGARREST 1 ID   (KRT Photos)
In an artists's sketch, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's attorney Billy Martin, standing right, pleads his case before Judge Charles Porter at a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in Edina, Minn., where he is seeking to wipe away a plea by Craig resulting from a mens' room sex sting arrest on...
In an artists's sketch, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's attorney Billy Martin, standing right, pleads his case before Judge Charles Porter at a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 in Edina, Minn., where he is...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2008 following a vote. Craig returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since public disclosure of his guilty plea in a restroom sex sting. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2008 following a vote. Craig returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since public disclosure of his guilty...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, talks to reporters as he leaves his residence at a Yacht Club in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2007. The first step in Craig's attempt to wipe away his guilty plea in an airport sex sting has nothing to do with whether an undercover policeman misunderstood Craig's...
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, talks to reporters as he leaves his residence at a Yacht Club in Washington, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2007. The first step in Craig's attempt to wipe away his guilty plea in an airport...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, takes part in a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing in Washington Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, takes part in a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing in Washington Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)   (Associated Press)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, takes part in a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing in Washington Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, takes part in a Senate Environment and Public Works hearing in Washington Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)   (Associated Press)
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