Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will go to court Oct. 7 to argue that he shouldn’t have to repay nearly a quarter-million dollars in campaign funds he used in connection with his 2007 arrest in a Minnesota airport bathroom sex sting, Roll Call reports today. The Washington, D.C. newspaper reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit set oral arguments for Oct. 7 in Craig’s continuing appeal over his penalties, which his attorneys called “improperly punitive.”

The Federal Election Commission filed suit against Craig in 2012 contending he illegally used campaign funds for his criminal case. A federal court last year ordered Craig to pay $242,533 to the Treasury Department, which includes both the improperly used campaign funds and a $45,000 penalty.

Roll Call reports that in legal arguments filed in the case, the FEC argues that Craig’s position threatens a decades-old restriction on illegally converting campaign money for personal use; Roll Call’s full report is online here.