Former Idaho Senator Named State GOP Finance Chair
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) – The Idaho Republican Party has named former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig as its financial chair of its executive committee.
Party officials said Wednesday that Craig fills an empty volunteer fundraising position.
Craig was arrested in a 2007 airport bathroom sex sting. He was accused of soliciting sex in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by an undercover officer. According to the officer, Craig tapped his foot under the stall and signaled that he wanted sex.
He retired in 2009, where he then faced legal battles with the Federal Elections Commission over his use of campaign funds. In September, a federal judge ordered him to pay nearly $242,000 to the U.S. Treasury for improperly using campaign funds to cover legal expenses involving his sex sting.