Senator reprimanded over sex sting
The US Senate Ethics Committee has reprimanded US senator Larry Craig for acting improperly in a men's room sex sting but will take no further action against him.
The ethics panel says in a letter to the Republican senator that Mr Craig's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in a June arrest at an airport in Minnesota was an effort to evade the legal consequences of his actions.
The letter says Mr Craig's actions constituted "improper conduct which has reflected discreditably on the Senate".
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The six members of the committee told Mr Craig they believed he "committed the offence to which you pleaded guilty" and that "you entered your plea knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently". The panel said Mr Craig tried to remove his guilty plea only after his attempts to avoid public disclosure had failed and also said the senator should have received permission from the ethics panel before using campaign money to pay his legal bills.
Mr Craig, who is not running for re-election, has spent more than 213,000 dollars (£108,000) in campaign money for legal expense and public relations work in the aftermath of his arrest and conviction last summer.
This was as of this posting 3 days old. I guess it's no longer sensational enough.
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