Was bathroom visit official business?

[Judi Lynn]

Was bathroom visit official business?
Ex-Senator: Larry Craig argues case for using campaign funds
JOHN MILLER | The Associated Press • Published August 04, 2012

BOISE, Idaho – Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous July 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business.

Craig is hoping to avoid repaying $217,000 in campaign funds the Federal Election Commission claims he misused to defend himself.

The FEC sued Craig in June in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleging he converted the campaign money to personal use by spending it on his legal defense after he was accused of soliciting sex in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bathroom. The commission argues Craig’s defense had no connection to his campaign for federal office.

Craig counters that money tied to his airport bathroom trip was neither for personal use or his campaign, but falls under his official, reimbursable duties as senator because he was traveling between Idaho and the nation’s capital for work.

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[Firebrand Gary]

1. This needs to be in all the headlines, those funds were not his to spend!

[MADem]

2. Well, that sounds like a load of crap to me! nt

[dballance]

3. So if he ran over three kids on the way to the airport that'd be okay too?

That's the most disgusting and insane defense I think I've seen in some time. Trolling for sex in an airport bathroom is "official business" of a senator. Remind me not to go to the bathroom in the capital the next time I'm there.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. I didn't know he was using campaign funds! Is the Washington Post running this?

Hey this should be headlines!