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Former Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was sued Monday by federal elections officials who accuse the former lawmaker of misusing more than $200,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense following his 2007 arrest in a bathroom sex sting.

Craig was accused of soliciting sex in a bathroom at the Minneapolisâ€"St. Paul airport after an undercover officer reported that the senator had used his feet to signal under the toilet stall that he was interested in sex. Craig initially pled guilty and received a suspended sentence of 10 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, but later attempted to withdraw that plea after the arrest became public.

But the FEC said in a complaint filed Monday and obtained by the Associated Press that the senator should not have used campaign dollars to pay for his legal fees surrounding the incident.

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