Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Can you spare a square?

Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig are asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to correct a "manifest injustice" by allowing the Idaho Republican to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from an airport restroom sex sting. An undercover officer said Craig tapped his feet and swiped his hand under a stall divider in a way that signaled he wanted sex.

After news of his arrest and plea became public in August, Craig denied wrongdoing. He insisted his actions were misconstrued and said he wasn't gay. He said he pleaded guilty and paid a fine hoping to resolve the matter quietly. Tuesday's filing repeats many arguments that Craig's attorneys made before, including claims that the lower court abused its discretion and that the guilty plea is invalid because there is no factual basis for a disorderly conduct charge.

STY: Oh, right...the fact that he confessed has nothing to do with it.

Craig's behavior as he looked into a stall was ''consistent with the conduct of an innocent person waiting for one of the occupied stalls to clear,'' the attorneys wrote.

STY: Yes, I often look glaringly into a stall, tap my feet, and wave my hand under the divider while I'm waiting to take a shit. TOTALLY believable.

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