Officer Accused Craig of Lying
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WASHINGTON – The officer who arrested Senator Craig in a police undercover operation at an airport men’s room accused the senator of lying to him during an interrogation afterward, according to an audiotape of the arrest.
On the tape, released today by the Minneapolis Airport Police, the Idaho Republican senator, in turn, accuses the officer of soliciting him for sex.
“I’m not gay. I don’t do these kinds of things,” Mr. Craig told Sergeant Dave Karsnia minutes after the two men met in a men’s room at the airport on June 11.
“You shouldn’t be out to entrap people,” Mr. Craig told the officer. “I don’t want you to take me to jail.”
Mr. Karsnia replied that Mr. Craig wouldn’t be going to jail as long as he co-operates.
At one point during the interrogation, the officer told Mr. Craig: “You’re not being truthful with me. I’m kind of disappointed in you, senator.”
