"Peeked, sat, tapped, brushed, reached & solicited"...Court grants Sen. Craig hearing on sex charge

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Court grants Sen. Craig hearing on sex charge
Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:12PM EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1121859820070911



CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Minnesota court on Tuesday granted U.S. Sen. Larry Craig a hearing on his request to let him take back the guilty plea he made after his arrest in a men's room sex sting.

The Hennepin County District Court said the hearing would be held on September 26 at a courthouse in Edina, a town near Minneapolis -- just days before the September 30 deadline the Idaho Republican set for himself to resign if his name is not cleared.

The announcement came a day after lawyers for the three-term senator filed a motion in court saying he pleaded guilty to the charge against him because he panicked under intense anxiety and fear of publicity, and is innocent of wrongdoing. Craig, 62, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in August, was ordered to pay $575 and given a 10-day suspended sentence.

He was arrested on June 11 at the Minneapolis airport by an undercover officer who said Craig peeked into his stall, sat down in the stall next to him, tapped his foot and later brushed it against his and reached his hand under the divider in an effort to solicit a sexual encounter.

[Botany]

1. Please keep fighting Larry .... Please

:popcorn:

[Rick Myers]

2. We can safely say Senator Larry is bull-goose crazy!!!

He's really opening a can of worms. Does he REALLY want to 'confront' his accuser in open court???

[Botany]

4. Please keep fighting Larry .... Please

can not wait until the ask him about using toilet paper found
on the floor of an airport men's room.

That vice cop will be a nightmare for Craig

[laylah]

3. ...

:rofl: What an idiot!

[iamahaingttta]

5. This should be fun!

He should have quietly slipped into irrelevancy, instead he has decided to keep himself as the "butt" of jokes for weeks and months to come.

[sampsonblk]

6. I think he's going to win

They got nothing on the guy. This whole legal case is a sham.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. I'd like to see him win the legal case...

...and then get his lying ass HANDED TO HIM when he seeks re-election.

That's what I'd like.

:patriot:

[sampsonblk]

11. That's my prediction too

Like OJ Simpson, he definitely did it. But the legal case has more holes than swiss cheese.

He may win in court. I think so. But his political career is over.

[zbdent]

7. Craig should be disowned by the GOP for impugning the integrity of a decent

and honest cop ...

:evilgrin:

[Mist]

9. How can Craig keep using the "panic" meme? He had about 6 weeks between

charges filed and entering his plea. Was he in panic mode for 6 weeks?

[dflprincess]

10. I heard on the local news that

if the court agrees to let him withdraw his plea to the disorderly conduct charge the Hennepin County Attorney does have the option of charging him with the original lewd conduct charge.

[WCGreen]

12. By that's a stiff...

Upper lip, there Larry...