Remember Larry Craig, the former Idaho senator who was arrested in 2007 for soliciting sex in a men’s airport bathroom?
Well, he’s back.
The Idaho Republican Party — which found itself in total disarray and without a chairman earlier this year, despite its subsequent statewide sweep in the midterm elections — has brought Craig on as financial chair of its executive committee. Party officials told the Associated Press that Craig will fill an empty volunteer position assisting the party chairman with fundraising.
Craig’s bathroom antics at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport — where he tapped his foot on the floor, allegedly signaling a desire for sex with the man in the adjoining stall — led to his retirement, although he still clung to his seat for more than a year after the scandal occurred.
After retiring, he was investigated by the Federal Election Commission for improperly using campaign funds for his defense, and was ordered to pay nearly $242,000 to the U.S. Treasury. His “wide stance” on campaign finance questions might thus make him a curious choice for that post.
A spokesman for the Idaho GOP did not immediately respond to a Washington Examiner request for comment.
