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The Power of the Press

09.10.07 -- 3:24PM
By David Kurtz

Sen. Larry Craig was so harried by potential press coverage of rumors that he was gay that, in a "state of intense anxiety," he caved in and pleaded guilty to charges of which he believed himself to be innocent.

Got that?

He was so fearful of being wrongly outed as a gay man that he wrongly pleaded guilty to charges arising from seeking gay sex in a public restroom.

We have the latest documents filed in the case, as Craig attempts to withdraw his guilty plea.

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