Lewd conduct: a married Idaho Republican

August 28, 2007 — WASHINGTON - Sen. Larry Craig was
arrested this summer by an undercover cop in an operation
targeting lewd conduct in an airport men’s room, it was
revealed yesterday.
Craig, a married Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor disorderly conduct after acting in a way that
the arresting police officer said was a “signal” for people
wishing to engage in “lewd conduct,” according to the arrest
report obtained by Roll Call newspaper.
The officer said he was staking out the bathroom at the
Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport after complaints about homosexual
activity.
He said Craig sat down in the adjacent stall and put his bag
against the stall door. He then tapped his right foot.
“I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to
engage in lewd conduct,” the officer wrote.
“The presence of others [in the bathroom] did not seem to deter
Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my
left foot which was within my stall area,” the report states.
In a statement yesterday, Craig said, “I was not involved in any
inappropriate conduct.”

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