Posted on 09/04/2007 6:43:58 PM PDT by kinoxi
BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening. "It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign," said Sidney Smith, Craig's spokesman in Idaho's capital.
"We're still preparing as if Senator Craig will resign Sept. 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we're able to stay in the fight - and stay in the Senate."
Craig, a Republican who has represented Idaho in Congress for 27 years, announced Saturday that he intends to resign from the Senate on Sept. 30. But since then, he's hired a prominent lawyer to investigate the possibility of reversing his plea, his spokesman said.
Craig was a no-show Tuesday as Congress reconvened after a summer break and it wasn't clear whether he'll return at all since deciding to resign over his guilty plea in a sex sting this summer at the Minneapolis airport.
Another spokesman, Dan Whiting in Washington, said Tuesday that Craig was expected to spend the week in Idaho as the Senate votes on spending bills for veterans and other programs. Whiting did not rule out Craig's returning to Washington before the end of the month.
A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig's decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.
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Larry seemed to be right in his element. Now to find out about his OTHER arrests in OTHER toilets ~ they certainly exist.
If he’s cleared of all charges, I don’t see why he should resign. Just my 2 cents.
Time to get your head out of the stalls.
Yes, and he changed his plea, claiming that the police convinced him to plead guilty to make this 'go away'. I heard the tape and can see how someone could easily have been swayed into pleading guilty.
How can he be cleared?
He tried to change his plea. Not sure if the judge accepted it or not. . .haven't been following this story that closely. If the judge refused to accept it, then he can't be cleared of that charge. But frankly, I wouldn't be inclined to hold that against him in that case. (Of course, he isn't my senator, so that's rather meaningless.)
If he wants it retried the other charge, and possibly more will be brought up.
Possibly. . .but if the police/prosecutor threaten to bring up other charges if he withdraws his guilty plea, I would consider that a less than ethical action.
please note: he was a witness against himself.
under the duress of the moment?? Hardly, it was months after the bust.
who do you believe? The Craig then, or the Craig now??
Craig cast the stone, it is the ripples with which we are dealing now.
Uh, no. He pleaded guilty. The state has nothing to prove. He is guilty.
When Senator Craig entered his plea agreement, he agreed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct in exchange for the State dropping the other charges. If Senator Craig prevails on his quest to renege the agreement and withdraw the guilty plea, then he will be placed back in the same position where he was before he entered his plea: facing several different charges.
Senator Craig thought the plea deal was the easy way out and now does not want to accept the consequences of his actions.
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“A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig’s decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said.”
Hell yes a team of quality attorneys stood a chance of getting the charges dropped without going to trial. From a legal standpoint the charges were flimsy. They could have called the D.A. and argued that it simply wasn't worth the time and money to prosecute this case under any circumstance. What real evidence did they have...? Just word of a cop in a bathroom stall. No other witnesses. No camera footage. No words were exchanged. Nada.
Craig had a golden opportunity to get this case dropped and he wasted it. It was the biggest mistake of his entire life.
The Craig then.
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