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Under pressure from a newspaper investigation, Sen. Larry Craig "panicked" and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport men's room, according to court papers filed Monday. The plea constitutes a "manifest injustice" and should be set aside, his lawyers say. The 50-page filing in Hennepin County District Court said Craig feared his arrest in the airport sting would prompt the Idaho Statesman to publish a story examining his sexual orientation. The Republican, who has represented Idaho in the U.S. Senate for 17 years, "felt compelled to grasp the lifeline offered to him by the police officer,...

Fox News is reporting according to GOP sources Senator Craig will resign today.

Here is Sen. Larry Craig, before his visit to the gents’ room at the Minneapolis airport, on his candidate for president: “Knowing Mitt Romney, first and foremost, he has very strong family values. That’s something I grew up with and believe in. Why do you suppose Mitt’s minions removed that nice family-values endorsement from his YouTube Web page Monday night? Apparently, Chris Wallace of Fox News isn’t the only one inside the Beltway who finds Mitt “an enormously attractive guy.” But whatever happened to the presumption of innocent until proven - oh, I forgot, Sen. Craig already copped a plea...

NEW YORK In a statement to the press late this afternoon, Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho blamed the Idaho Statesman of Boise for his legal and political troubles stemming from his arrest in a sex-related matter at an airport men's room in Minnesota in June. He denounced the longstanding probes by the Statesman -- he called it a "witch hunt" -- for inspiring him to plead guilty to the offense even though he said he was actually innocent. He said he had been "viciously harassed" by the newspaper. "I am not gay," he said twice. "I love my wife." The...

"..According to the incident report, Sgt. Dave Karsnia was working as a plainclothes officer on June 11 investigating civilian complaints regarding sexual activity in the men’s public restroom in which Craig was arrested....[snip] [snip]...“At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moved his foot closer to my foot. I moved my foot up and down slowly. While this was occurring, the male in the stall to my right was still present.[snip] The presence of others did not seem...