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Rep. Gary Condit subpoenaed for documents related to missing intern

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Published 9:27 AM PST Thursday, Nov. 15, 2001

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Gary Condit has received a grand jury subpoena for undisclosed documents related to federal intern Chandra Levy's disappearance in early May, his lawyer said Thursday.

The disclosure is the first public indication in months that the investigation of Levy's May 1 disappearance remains active.

Condit, D-Calif., provided the first word of the subpoena, from the District of Columbia Superior Court, in a communication read by a clerk Thursday morning on the House floor. Members are required to report when they receive subpoenas.

Condit said he was considering whether to comply.

Abbe Lowell, Condit's lawyer, issued a statement later saying the congressman would provide the documents. Lowell did not disclose what the grand jury is seeking.

"Issuing a subpoena was not necessary," Lowell said. "However, whatever the reasons were for its issuance, Congressman Condit and his office will, as they have in the past, provide the information law enforcement seeks." Levy, 24, of Modesto, Calif., disappeared shortly after the end of an internship at the Bureau of Prisons in Washington. Condit, 53 and married, publicly acknowledged a close relationship with her but has denied any involvement in her disappearance.

Police have said repeatedly they do not consider Condit a suspect in the case. Police interviewed Condit four times, searched his Washington apartment, took a DNA sample and examined phone and other records.

During one of the interviews, Condit admitted to an affair with Levy, a police source has said.

Federal law enforcement officials have said they were examining whether Condit and his aides may have obstructed the search for Levy by asking other women who alleged affairs with the congressman not to cooperate with police.

Condit and his aides have denied attempting to silence anyone.

Sgt. Joe Gentile, a Washington police spokesman, said Thursday that police still classify the case as a missing person investigation.

Condit, who has represented the agriculture-rich 18th District in central California since 1989, has not said whether he will seek re-election. He must decide by Dec. 7.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

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Might not have anything to do with Condit's guilt or innocence, and the discussions, IIRC, are not to be disclosed, so doubt we'll hear what happens.

But glad the matter is still active.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

the discussion may be alive, but is Levy?

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001