<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of KHQ at:</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18761035/fec-sues-ex-sen-craig-over-use-of-campaign-cash"><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18761035/fec-sues-ex-sen-craig-over-use-of-campaign-cash">http://www.khq.com/story/18761035/fec-sues-ex-sen-craig-over-use-of-campaign-cash</a></a></div><div> <br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span><h3 class="" style="display: block; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">FEC sues ex-Sen. Craig over use of campaign cash</h3></span></div><div><span>BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig is being sued by federal election regulators who say he misused some $217,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense after a 2007 Minnesota airport bathroom sex sting.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Federal Election Commission officials say in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Monday that the Idaho Republican should repay the money.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The FEC contends Craig's campaign paid $139,952 to Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan in Washington, D.C., and $77,032 to Kelly & Jacobson in Minnesota for legal services related to his guilty plea to disorderly conduct.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The FEC says the money was converted to personal use because his defense wasn't campaign-related.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The commission is also seeking penalties of up to $6,500 from Craig and his treasurer.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A call to Craig's lobbying firm, New West Strategies in Washington, D.C., wasn't returned.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>Perhaps former senator Larry Craig should have taken notes from the song he and Janet Jackson sang as a duet . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Nasty Boy"</div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Nasty_Craig_Jackson.mp3">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Nasty_Craig_Jackson.mp3</a></div><div> </div><div><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></body></html>