FPPC files lawsuit against Gary Condit's children

modbee ^ | 1-13-06

[LouAvul]

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's political watchdog announced a $2.5 million lawsuit Friday against the son and daughter of former Rep. Gary Condit, accusing them of illegally pocketing $226,000 in campaign money.

The Fair Political Practices Commission said Chad and Cadee Condit took money that was originally raised by their father to explore a run for state office and illegally spent it for personal purposes.

Gary Condit, D-Ceres, served 13 years in Congress before losing a re-election campaign in 2002 after he became caught up in news coverage of the disappearance and death of Washington D.C. intern Chandra Levy.

Condit denied he had anything to do with Levy's disappearance, but police said he acknowledged having an affair with the woman, something he later denied in a lawsuit deposition.

In its lawsuit, the FPPC said Gary Condit formed a political action committee called Keep California Golden in 1999 to explore the possibility of running for a state office and to promote ballot measures and candidates he supported.

In March 2002, Gary Condit changed the name of Keep California Golden to the Defendant Justice PAC and made Chad Condit the committee's treasurer, the FPPC said.

Chad Condit decided to use money the committee raised to make a documentary film about press coverage of his father and Levy, and he hired his sister as a consultant on the project.

Gary Condit was sharply critical of press coverage about him and Levy, and he later settled several libel and defamation lawsuits that he filed in response to the coverage.

But the FPPC said Chad and Cadee Condit never produced a documentary. Instead, the FPPC said, Chad Condit authorized a total of $226,000 in payments to himself and his sister that left the committee with almost no funds when it was shut down last March.

[WatchYourself]

Wheres Chandra?

Wheres Mary?

So many questions...

[jazusamo]

A fine upstanding family. I think his ex-girlfriend, red headed stewardess is fortunate to still be among the living.

[snarks_when_bored]

Is venality a Condit family trait?

[stumpy]

where is his wife's thumbs????

[brytlea]

The fruit rarely falls far from the tree....
susie

[DB]

They found Chandra.

[perfect stranger]

Theories abound as to what Condit did or did not do to the still-missing Chandra Levy. Although the police say Condit is not a suspect -- there is, as of yet, no evidence a crime has been committed -- he is the only person they are questioning.

And Condit recently did one suspicious, or at least bone-headed, thing: According to media accounts, Condit ducked out of his D.C. apartment just hours before police were going to search it, drove across the Potomac River to Alexandria, Va., and dumped a watch box in a trash bin.

Since Condit's picture is on TV approximately every 16 seconds, he naturally was recognized, and the media and law enforcement were instantly alerted.

According to The Washington Post, law enforcement sources say the watch was a gift from a 29-year-old San Francisco area woman who was a staff assistant for Condit in 1994.

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[Drango]

and illegally spent it for personal purposes.

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

[Frwy]

Gary Condit, D-Ceres, served 13 years in Congress before losing a re-election campaign in 2002...

And I'm so glad his bubble was burst. Shows lot's of people are paying attention.