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Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho was sued Monday by federal election regulators who contend he misused some $217,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense after his arrest in a 2007 airport bathroom sex sting. Federal Election Commission officials said in their complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that Craig should repay the money and pay a fine. The FEC contends the three-term U.S. senator's campaign account, Craig for U.S. Senate, paid at least $139,952 to the law firm Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan in Washington, D.C., and $77,032 to Kelly & Jacobson in Minnesota for legal services related to his guilty plea to disorderly conduct.Craig was accused of soliciting sex in a bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June 2007. An undercover officer said Craig tapped his feet and signaled under a stall divider that he wanted sex. Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct three months later. Regulators said the campaign money wa...
September 2, 2007Our exclusive guests this week: • Senator Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) Judiciary Committee Chairman • Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Judiciary Committee Rankin...
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:Switching SidesThe New York tabloids are in full cry over Rudy Giuliani's announcement that he is pulling for th...
The following is the complete transcript of the Sept. 5, 2007, Republican presidential primary debate at the University of New Hampshire's Whittemore Center:FOX NEWS...
This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from December 31, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)U.S....
Former Republican Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous July 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit ...
This is a partial transcript from "The Beltway Boys", September 1, 2007, that has been edited for clarity.FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: Coming up on "The Beltway Boys", the ...
Idahoans are beginning to coalesce around Lt. Gov. Jim Risch as the consensus candidate to replace Sen. Larry Craig FOX News has learned, and the Idaho Statesman is ...
The man who outed Colorado evangelist Rev. Ted Haggard for soliciting him for gay sex is among the latest crop of homosexuals who are claiming to have had suggestive...
Sen. Larry Craig has been sending press releases from Idaho commenting on U.S. Senate matters, including U.S. Iraq war policy, but the Idaho lawmaker who is under fi...
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig refused on Thursday to resign from office despite a judge's ruling that denied his efforts to withdraw the guilty plea he entered in August in...
Sen. Larry Craig has all but dropped any notion of trying to complete his term, and is focused on helping Idaho send a new senator to Washington within a few weeks, ...
The public spotlight on Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, which by default also shined on his family this past week, might mean an arrest in the near future for one of Craig's...
Senator Roland Burris is 'down'
Rudy Giuliani catches flack for rooting for the Red Sox
A look at political figures who have applied for presidential pardons from President Bush
A look at sex scandals and how politicians handle them
This is a rush transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," September 4, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updatedSEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: And it's a FOX ...
This is a rush transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," September 6, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updatedALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: First, we get to...
This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from September 5 , 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)SEN...