Larry Craig scandal

Craig's official Senate portrait

On June 11, 2007, Larry Craig, a Republican United States Senator from Idaho, was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. On August 8, Craig entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct.

As a result of the controversy surrounding his arrest and guilty plea, and following pressure from fellow Republicans, Craig announced on September 1, 2007, that he intended to resign from the Senate effective September 30. After subsequent failed efforts to withdraw his guilty plea, he released an October 4 statement indicating that he would not resign. Craig remained in the Senate until his term expired in January 2009. He did not run for re-election in 2008, and the airport restroom scandal effectively ended his political career.

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