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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has formed a legal expense fund to help pay for costs associated with his effort to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport men's room sex sting.

Craig's legal expense fund, called Fund for Justice, is disclosed in papers filed with the Senate's Office of Public Records.

The three-term Republican senator told Congressional Quarterly on Thursday that he has begun searching for donations for the fund.

Craig said the Senate Ethics Committee has approved the new legal fund. In February, the committee chided Craig for spending $213,000 in campaign funds to pay legal and public-relations fees without approval from either the ethics panel or the Federal Election Commission.

Craig's lawyers argued before an appeals court panel in Minnesota last week that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea.

This document was originally published online on Friday, September 19, 2008

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RE wrote on Sep 19, 2008 7:33 PM:

" In looking at the caption on this picture, are you sure it wasn't a sucker? "

stuart wrote on Sep 20, 2008 2:19 AM:

" So, wait, apparently I've been out of it for a while, but am I understanding this correctly when I read that Senator Craig somehow realized one morning that he didn't REALLY solicit someone for oral sex in a bathroom? How can you make that mistake in the first place? It seems to me that would be something that somebody would remember rather vividly, especially if holding such a high-profile government postition. "

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