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Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

Pled guilty in return for suspended jail term

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 27, 2007 10:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from a male plainclothes police officer in a men's room at Minneapolis airport June 11. The incident is spelled out in graphic detail in Roll Call, which obtained the arrest report. August 8th, Craig... Read full story »

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