Craig spent about $200,000 in campaign funds on legal fees to try to undo the plea.

“The allegations that gave rise to his guilty plea were the misdemeanor charges for disorderly conduct and interference with privacy that the State of Minnesota filed against him,” the D.C. Circuit opinion says. “Because those allegations did not concern the Senator’s campaign activities or official duties, the legal fees he expended trying to withdraw his plea constituted ‘personal use.’”

The decision upholds a lower court ruling that Craig pay $242,533 to the Treasury Department — $197,533 from the Craig Committee and a $45,000 penalty — for using campaign money for legal representation on the disorderly conduct charge.