[L.N. Smithee]

The key here is whether the Senator planned to have sex in public (in the bathroom) or planned to pick a guy up and go to a hotel or other private place. That may be immoral, but it ain’t illegal.

At one point in the recording, Craig says something to the effect of "I'm not going to argue this in court..." Remember, this arrest came after that Idaho newspaper confronted him with similar allegations and he denied them. Craig knew that if didn't minimize the case, it would lend credibility to all the nasty anecdotes the Statesman had in reserve but wouldn't use because of Craig's denials.

[weegee]

Could that be called “blackmail”?