Larry Craig's Wide Stance Gets Him in Trouble
USINFO | 2013-05-02 14:03

Larry Craig (Getty Images)

In June of 2007, Larry Craig made comedians jobs easier for a few weeks when he was arrested in a men's room at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Craig was allegedly trying to pull some sort of sexual shenanigans with the guy in the stall next to him. That guy turned out to be an undercover police officer.

According to the arresting officer's report, Craig tapped his right foot and rubbed it up against the officer's left foot as a signal that he wanted to engage in some sort of sexual act. Craig then "proceeded to swipe his left hand under the stall divider several times, with the palm of his hand facing upward."

That's when the officer stuck something else under the stall partition: his badge.

Craig pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, but later tried to have the plea overturned, arguing that his actions in the bathroom were misinterpreted because of his "wide" stance.

"Craig stated ... He has a wide stance when going to the bathroom and that his foot may have touched mine," the arresting officer wrote in his report.

Craig stuck out the remainder of his term in the Senate, retiring in 2008 without seeking reelection.

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