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Craig Won't Resign After All

A judge ruled the senator could not withdraw his admission

Oct 4, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a Minnesota judge's ruling that he can't withdraw his guilty plea in the bathroom sex sting last spring, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced this afternoon that he would not, after all, resign his Senate seat. Craig said he had concluded, in the three weeks he's been back on the... More »

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prostitution • guilty plea • Larry Craig • political scandal

Craig Can't Rescind Guilty Plea

Judge denies Idaho senator's request

Oct 4, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Senate • sex scandal • Idaho • Pete Domenici • Larry Craig • Senate GOP • political scandal

Craig to Stay in Senate 'for Now'

GOP leaders react grimly as Craig prolongs the effort to retract his guilty plea

Sep 26, 07 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP leaders listened in icy silence as Larry Craig vowed today to stay a senator while trying to change his guilty plea, the AP reports. A Minnesota judge says he will decide the matter sometime next month. "Today was a major step in the legal effort to clear my... More »

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Trent Lott • Idaho • Larry Craig • political scandal

Prosecutor
to Sen. Craig:
No Take-Backs

'Displeasure with the outcome isn't grounds for relief'

Sep 24, 07 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's insistence that he "panicked" in admitting to a crime he didn't commit doesn't jibe with the fact that he spoke to a Minnesota prosecutor three times in the six weeks between his arrest and plea, reports the Washington Post. Craig's motion "was sought only as... More »

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Larry Craig • political scandal

Craig Moves
 to Retract
 Guilty Plea

Strategy could delay resignation and stave off ethics probe

Sep 10, 07 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Toe-tapping Senator Larry Craig will file a motion today to retract his guilty plea to charges linked to allegedly soliciting sex in a public men's room. Minnesota law allows convicts to recant pleas if they can prove they were not intelligently made, but such strategies rarely succeed. The legal proceedings... More »

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law • Senate • sex scandal • Senate Republicans • guilty plea • Larry Craig • retract • political scandal • scandal

Craig May Not Resign After All

Idaho senator could stick if he clears his name in court

Sep 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Embattled Sen. Larry Craig, arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly soliciting sex in an airport men's room, is now flip-flopping on his decision to resign from the Senate Sept. 30. Craig is fighting the charges to which he pleaded guilty three months ago and will consider staying in the Senate... More »

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ethics • Minneapolis • Senate • Arlen Specter • resignation • airport • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • political scandal

Craig Will Resign

Idaho senator to step down September 30

Aug 31, 07 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days after the revelation that he was caught in a police sting operation in an airport men's room, Larry Craig will resign from the US Senate, state GOP officials tell the AP and NBC News. The conservative Republican has called a news conference for tomorrow morning in Boise, where he... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • resignation • Idaho • Larry Craig • Jim Risch • political scandal

Cop Accuses Craig of Lying

Argument captured on audiotape after arrest

Aug 31, 07 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced Senator Larry Craig can be heard on audiotape arguing vehemently with a police officer about what happened in an airport men's room after he allegedly solicited sex from the undercover cop. The arresting officer can also be heard accusing Craig of lying on the tape, which was released by... More »

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Minneapolis • airport security • arrest • Sgt. Dave Karsnia • men's room • political scandal

GOP Colleagues Jump Sinking Craig Ship

McCain, Coleman join calls for cruising senator's resignation

Aug 29, 07 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senators John McCain and Norm Coleman joined two Republican congressmen in urging GOP Sen. Larry Craig to resign today, the AP reports, after Craig was moved out of top committee posts by party leadership. The White House, too, said it was “disappointed" with the Idaho lawmaker after the revelations... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • Republican • White House • Norm Coleman • Larry Craig • Barney Frank • political scandal

Craig’s Seat
Up for Grabs,
but Not
for Dems

Idaho is one of nation's most Republican states

Aug 29, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s unlikely that Larry Craig will stand for re-election to the Senate next year—but don’t even think about chalking up another seat for the Democrats. Pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in an airport bathroom will probably end Craig’s career, but Politico says Idaho’s one of... More »

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Democrats • Republican • Senate • Idaho • Larry Craig • Jim Risch • political scandal

Craig: 'I Am Not Gay'

Senator addresses media in attempt to set the record ... straight

Aug 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig apologized this afternoon—for "the cloud placed over Idaho," not for the disorderly conduct to which he pleaded guilty after being busted in a Minneapolis airport men's room. "I did nothing wrong," said the Republican Senator, who addressed the media in Boise with his... More »

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Idaho • homosexuality • Larry Craig • Idaho Statesman • political scandal • gays

Cruising Senator
Has Been Tough
on Gay Rights

Blogs gleefully tote
up Craig’s anti-gay, ‘family values’ record 

Aug 28, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Idaho's outed senator has long wielded his political power against gay rights, and gay advocates, having heard whispers for years, have been keeping track. Larry Craig, whose arrest for cruising in a Minneapolis airport bathroom was made public yesterday, opposes civil unions, gays in the military, and the extension of... More »

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Mitt Romney • gay marriage • hate crime • Larry Craig • hypocrisy • family values • political scandal

Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

Pled guilty in return for suspended jail term

Aug 27, 07 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 appeared in the Hennepin County... More »

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Minneapolis • sex scandal • sex • Idaho • guilty plea • arrest • lewd conduct • Larry Craig • political scandal • scandal

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