Craig to Withdraw Guilty Plea Lawyer Says

J.J. Jackson* | September 12, 2007

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, will begin a legal battle to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct in an airport restroom, his attorney said Monday.Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, is expected to try to withdraw his guilty plea on Monday.Craig’s attorney, Billy Martin, said that the lawmaker’s plea “was not knowing and intelligent and therefore was in violation of his constitutional rights” when he was arrested in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in June.

If successful, every talking point against Mr. Craig falls apart since all those that are piling on him over a he said, he said account of the incident relies on this.

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