Foot-tappin' horny Sen. Craig was advised to hire lawyer (says prosecutor)

[npincus]

http://www.examiner.com/a-953096~Prosecutor__Craig_Urged_to_Get_a_Lawyer.html

Talk your way out of THIS one, you foot-tappin' horn-dog! :rofl:



"I'm in the moood for loooove... simply because you're near me...."


MINNEAPOLIS (Map, News) - The prosecutor who brought charges against Sen. Larry Craig in an airport sex sting says he told the Idaho senator that he should hire an attorney, according to court papers filed Monday.

Prosecutor Christopher Renz, in a motion opposing Craig's request to withdraw his guilty plea, wrote that he spent considerable time in a July 17 conversation telling the Idaho senator how the legal process would work if he chose to plead guilty.

"The defendant told Mr. Renz that he felt he was in a difficult situation as the result of the public office he held, in response to which Mr. Renz said that he appreciated that difficulty and for that reason the defendant should consult with an attorney," Renz wrote.

Craig, R-Idaho, did not, and eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct. He has since said that he was panicked into admitting to a crime he did not commit. A Hennepin County judge is set to consider Craig's request on Wednesday.

Renz wrote that Craig had plenty of time between his June 11 arrest and Aug. 1, when he signed a plea petition, to think about the consequences of pleading guilty and whether he had actually committed a crime in the airport bathroom.


What do you mean, "plenty of time"? He only had 52 days to think about it! :rofl:

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Shouldn't that caption read...

"I'm in the loo for love"?

:toast:

[npincus]

2. LOL

:toast:

Nothing gets me going like a urine-speckled bowl! Ooooh, dim the lights, feel the magic.

:rofl:

[MrCoffee]

3. didn't they Mirandize him?

there's your warning, asshat. cry me a river.

[Robbien]

4. Not only did they mirandize him, they told him again specifically

that he needed to consult a lawyer.

Idiot, the police did everything but dial the phone for Craig.

[MrCoffee]

6. then the judge should have no problem denying his request to withdraw

[BlooInBloo]

5. TPM had his handwritten letter to the prosecutor thanking him for his professionalism...

... Can't find it now because their site-search fucking SUCKS. Maybe someone who doesn't get as steamed as I do can find it.

[Spazito]

7. Here is the link to Craig's letter of thanks....

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/letter-craig/

Damn, who knew panic made him write a letter of thanks over a month after the incident, hmmmm, PTPL (Post Traumatic Panic Letter) Syndrome I guess, lol.

[displacedtexan]

8. Here you go.

LINK

[BlooInBloo]

10. Thank you both!

[Robbien]

11. Easy, use Google to search TPM

I used advanced search with the words
Craig handwritten letter prosecutor
and said to search only this site
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com

and got this as the first result
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/letter-craig/

[BlooInBloo]

12. Was too steamed at TPM's crappy search - bagged the whole thing.

[Robbien]

13. I rarely use site searches any more because most return crappy results

DailyKos has constantly pissed me off.

Google rarely lets me down.

[BlooInBloo]

15. And you can't do another fucking search for like 20sec - else you get a page...

... that says "you are currently performing a search, please wait for results".

#@%^%^$#$#%

[azurnoir]

9. Pioneer Press (St Paul Mn)

The prosecutor in Craig's case called his request to withdraw his guilty plea "buyers remorse"

http://www.twincities.com/ci_6989451?source=most_viewed&nclick_check=1

[11 Bravo]

14. Tappy McWidestance can't talk his way out of this one.

[npincus]

16. my own favorite foot-tapper:

[lateo]

17. Craig gives new meaning to the phrase "fruit by the foot".