Senator Craig Reconsidering Resignation
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BOISE, Idaho — Senator Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said yesterday.
“It’s not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign,” Sidney Smith, Mr. Craig’s spokesman in Idaho’s capital, told the Associated Press.
“We’re still preparing as if Senator Craig will resign September 30, but the outcome of the legal case in Minnesota and the ethics investigation will have an impact on whether we’re able to stay in the fight — and stay in the Senate,” Mr. Smith said.
Mr. Craig, a Republican who has represented Idaho in Congress for 27 years, announced Saturday that he intends to resign from the Senate on September 30. But since then, he’s hired a prominent lawyer to investigate the possibility of reversing his plea, his spokesman said.
Mr. Craig was a no-show yesterday as Congress reconvened after a summer break and it wasn’t clear whether he’ll return at all.
