Legal Opinion
Federal Election Commission v. Craig for U.S. Senate
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-0958PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
This opinion arises out of former Senator Larry Craig’s efforts to withdraw the guilty plea he entered in Minnesota state court in 2007, after he was arrested for disorderly conduct in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On June 11, 2012, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC” or “the Commission”) brought suit against defendants Craig, the Craig for U.S. Senate campaign committee (“Craig Committee”), and Kaye L. O’Riordan, the former treasurer of the Craig Committee, 1 contending that defendants converted campaign…
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