02/13/08: Republican Senator BJ admonished by Senate Ethics Panel

The Senate Ethics Panel gave Larry Craig a severe tongue- lashing.

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Craig admonished by ethics panel

By Ian Swanson

Posted: 02/13/08 07:14 PM [ET]

The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) late Wednesday for attempting to use his public office to get out of his arrest last summer in a Minneapolis airport restroom sting.

The public letter of admonition signed by all six panel members also criticized Craig for attempting to withdraw his guilty plea. They said Craig seemed to be calculating that by pleading guilty, he would avoid public disclosure and adverse public reaction to his arrest.

The panel said it had decided to resolve the matter through the public admonishment so that, “on behalf of the United States Senate, it may make known clearly that the conduct to which you pled guilty, together with the related and subsequent conduct discussed in this letter, is improper conduct which has reflected discreditably on the Senate.\" (The Hill)

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