Larry Craig Loses Major Battle in Fight Against FEC – Roll Call

Larry Craig Loses Major Battle in Fight Against FEC

By Kent Cooper

Posted March 29, 2013 at 9:54am

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a suit in which former Sen. Larry Craig is accused of improperly using campaign funds in a quest to vacate his guilty plea in a Minnesota airport bathroom sting. See Roll Call article. See Memorandum Opinion.

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