Sen. Craig’s Arrest Transcript Released
Two and a half months after his arrest at the Minneapolis airport, Sen. Larry Craig's conversation at the scene of the incident with the policemen who apprehended him has been released.Two and a half months after his arrest in the Minneapolis airport, Sen. Larry Craig’s conversation at the scene of the incident with the policemen who apprehended him has been released. Follow the link below for the full transcript.
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Police Sgt. Dave Karsnia: Okay, um, I just wanna start off with a your side of the story, okay. So, a …
Craig: So I go into the bathroom here as I normally do. I’m a commuter too here.
Karsnia: Okay.
Craig: I sit down, um, to go to the bathroom and, ah, you said our feet bumped. I believe they did, ah, because I reached down and scooted over and, um, the next thing I knew, under the bathroom divider comes a card that says police. Now, um, (sigh) that’s about as far as I can take it, I don’t know of anything else. Ah, your foot came toward mine, mine came towards yours. Was that natural? I don’t know. Did we bump? Yes, I think we did. You said so. I don’t disagree with that.
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