Just after his arrival on Capitol Hill as a member of the House of Representatives, Sen. Larry Craig was tied to a Congressional page scandal involving drug use and homosexuality. According to the following ABC and NBC news reports from July 2, 1982, Craig was implicated in the tawdry dealings, leading him to issue a public denial.

At the time, former House page Jeffrey Opp told the FBI that several Congressmen had illicit sex with male teenagers. NBC’s Lisa Myers ended her report with this observation: “That Craig felt compelled to react to reports from reporters that he was under investigation is evidence of the sheer panic that reigns in certain corridors of Congress.”

Craig went on to become a Senator — and to serve as honorary co-chair of the Idaho Safe Kids Coalition.

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