Remember Larry Craig? He was a long time Senator from Idaho who was arrested back in 2007 for soliciting sex in the Men's Room at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. He eventually paid $216,000 to his lawyers before pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge. The money came from his campaign funds. The Federal Election Commission claims that was a misuse of these funds. Craig claims he was on official business plus other Congressmen were able to use campaign funds for similar offenses.
I find his reasoning faulty. I don't see how soliciting sex qualifies as official business. Nor do I understand the reasoning that if one person gets away with murder then others should also.
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