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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:36 pm    Post subject: Larry King talks to Chad & Cadee Reply with quote

This article has a link to the video of Cadee & Chad on Larry King.
I can't seem to pull up the video, but maybe one of you will have some luck. Scroll down the article (cut and paste the link to your browser), to view.



http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/11/condit.children/

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Condits cope with life after scandal
Four years since congressman's life tied up in Levy tragedy

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Posted: 8:58 PM EST (0158 GMT)

Cadee Chad Condit
Cadee, left, and Chad Condit stood by their father throughout the ordeal.


CNN's Larry King talks to Chad and Cadee Condit.
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(CNN) -- Nearly four years removed from intense public scrutiny that rattled their family and captivated the nation, former Rep. Gary Condit, his wife and his children now have a life without politics, cameras and stinging accusations.

Condit had been active politically for 30 years, but he was not thrust into the national spotlight until 2001. Then the press focused not on his public service, but his relationship with Chandra Levy, a former federal Bureau of Prisons intern last seen alive on April 30 of that year.

As the story dragged on, the entire Condit family became a part of it. His wife Carolyn, through her lawyers, sued the The National Enquirer and threatened another lawsuit against NBC's "Law and Order" for allegedly linking her to Levy's disappearance.

Gary and Carolyn's two children, Chad and Cadee, emerged as their father's leading public defenders, speaking emphatically in support of their father and against his accusers.

"When folks start calling my dad a murderer or suggesting my mom and dad had something to do with the disappearance, that's too much, too far, unfair and it's wrong," Chad Condit said on "Larry King Live" in late August 2001.
Story rocks veteran politician

The son of a Baptist minister, Condit grew up in Oklahoma before moving with his family to Ceres, California, in the late 1960s. He soon threw himself into politics, serving as a Ceres city councilman, mayor and California state assemblyman all by the age of 35.

In 1989, he ran and won a special election and began the first of what would be seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In Washington, Condit formed the Blue Dog Coalition with 20-plus other conservative Democrats. His political fortunes appeared to be riding high in spring 2001, as one of the pillars in the new administration's plan to build bipartisanship.

But everything changed in May of that year, when news broke of Levy's disappearance. While Condit -- 53 at the time -- publicly acknowledged only a friendship with Levy, 24, her family said that the two had a romantic relationship and police insisted Condit had told them that was the case.

Public opinion turned against Condit, who remained largely silent on the issue except for an interview with ABC's Connie Chung that was widely viewed as a public relations nightmare.

Critics accused him of being dishonest and hindering investigators, and Chandra's parents Susan and Robert Levy called Condit's behavior "suspicious."

"I feel like for some reason, internally, that as a mother that it's possible that my daughter would have graduated and she would be here with us for the summer" if she had not met Condit, Susan Levy told CNN's Larry King in August 2001.

In an August 2001 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 62 percent of respondents said Condit was "very" or "somewhat likely" to be involved in Levy's disappearance, 75 percent said he likely obstructed the Levy investigation, while more than three-quarters described him as "immoral" and "dishonest." The survey had a margin of effort of +/- 4 percentage points.
Children defend embattled father

While their father shunned the limelight after the Levy story broke, his two children -- Chad and Cadee Condit -- stepped up to defend him.

"People have made my dad out to be this demon," Cadee Condit told CNN's Larry King in early September 2001. "He is the most loving, caring, compassionate man I know. Anyone calls my dad a murderer, I'm going to come on your show and defend him."

Before the scandal, both Condit children were in politics, working under then-California Gov. Gray Davis. Chad Condit described Davis, who was later recalled from office and replaced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a close friend of his father.

Chad, who had served four years in the U.S. Navy, represented the governor on educational, agricultural and other issues in Central Valley, a political battleground. The father of three boys, then 34, earned $110,000 a year.

Cadee, 25 at the time, oversaw day-to-day operations in Davis' private office, taking home $52,000 annually.

The siblings quit their jobs after the governor said he was "disheartened that Congressman Condit did not speak out more quickly or more fully."

In a statement, Chad and Cadee noted their father's "strong public support, endorsement and organizational efforts" during Davis' 1998 gubernatorial campaign.

"It's that kind of loyalty to friends that has been the hallmark of his career and is a standard we live up to," the siblings wrote. "Your statement did not or will not help find Chandra Levy, and contrary to your statement, Congressman Condit was fully forthcoming to law enforcement."
Political life winds down

After resigning, the Condit children worked for their father's political action committee -- initially named Keep California Golden and later Justice PAC, the California daily The Modesto Bee reported.

Donations to the committee, first created to boost Rep. Condit's statewide influence, dried up after the Levy scandal. Three-quarters of the PAC's funds -- $110,000 to Chad, $99,500 to Cadee -- went to the Condit children, who were classified as "campaign consultants" in public records, according to the Bee.

Gary Condit's political career ended, at least temporarily, in March 2002, when he lost a Democratic primary resoundingly to his former aide and then-California assemblyman Dennis Cardoza. Months later, Chad and Cadee lashed out at Cardoza.

"If this district elects Dennis Cardoza, it will elect someone who cares about one thing: Dennis Cardoza," the two wrote in an October 10, 2002, letter. "He is neither Democrat, Republican or independent, but an opportunist that would use anything to get elected."

Earlier in the year, in May, a man walking his dog spotted Levy's remains in Washington's Rock Creek Park. Her death was ruled a homicide. Gary Condit was never named a suspect in her murder, and no one has been arrested in connection with the case.

After leaving Capitol Hill, Gary Condit moved from his California home to Arizona, The Modesto Bee reported.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A devestatingly accurate summary from CNN.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

from the San Jose Mercury News (fair use)
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FPPC files lawsuit against Gary Condit's children
STEVE LAWRENCE
Associated Press
Jan. 13, 2006

SACRAMENTO - 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.

The money was supposed to be spent for a political, legislative or governmental purpose, the FPPC said in its suit, adding that the Condits had "no qualifications" to do a documentary and "did not produce any discernible work product."

"We believe this matter involves serious violations of the Political Reform Act, and we are asking the court to impose civil penalties commensurate with the seriousness of the case," said John Appelbaum, the FPPC's enforcement chief.

Chad Condit did not return telephone calls from The Associated Press to an ice cream parlor in Glendale, Ariz., that he owns with his father and sister.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court but wasn't posted on the FPPC's Web site until Friday.

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On the Net: http://www.fppc.ca.gov
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are some more details from the Modesto Bee:

State wants $2.4M from Condit's children
Commission claims two misspent campaign funds
By ADAM ASHTON
BEE STAFF WRITER
January 14, 2006

http://www.modbee.com/local/v-dp_morning/story/11688650p-12414964c.html
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cadee - keep wielding those ice cream scoops, girl!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What little I've seen in the press about the ice cream shop, the only Condit I saw mentioned being there was Chad.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK - go, Chad! Sling that Heavenly Hash!
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How many cones could a Woodchuck cone, if a Woodchuck could cone cones?

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two and a half million dollars is a lot of double dipping. They may have to sell some scoops to raise that dough.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dough? Cookie dough ice cream - a great favourite!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am just wondering now with this new interest being paid to the Condits if now maybe we will see some of the information that we were looking forward to seeing when the Condit lawsuits were taking place. The lawyers managed to keep most of that information silent, but the dollars and cents being talked about now seem to be in the public arena.

It will be interesting to see if any of that information will be enough to open up some of the Condit lawsuit secrecy. There should be a lot of back and forth maneuvering going on over this new episode.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mentioned in Wahington Post's Nation In Brief:

from www.washingtonpost.com

Nation In Brief
January 15, 2006

(excerpt)

Condit's Children Are Sued Over Donations

The children of former representative Gary A. Condit (D-Calif.) were sued Friday by California's political watchdog agency, which accused them of illegally taking more than $250,000 in political contributions given to their father.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission, which is the state's civil prosecutor for campaign and lobbying law violations, alleged that Chad M. Condit and Cadee P. Condit unlawfully took more than $250,000 from Defendant Justice, a political action committee intended to examine media coverage of their father in relation to the 2001 disappearance and death of Chandra Levy, a former intern in the congressman's Washington office.

Donors presumably contributed to the committee to assist Condit's political efforts; personal use of the money is illegal. The commission's suit alleged that Condit's children paid themselves $226,000 to make a documentary film about media coverage of their father but did not produce the film.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's the way the Condit's home paper, the Ceres Courier, reports it. It is interesting the way the reporter describes Chandra being found, that "Levy's body turned up in a park located near her residence in Washington, D.C.".

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www.mantecabulletin.com (fair use)
January 21, 2006

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Condit children sued by FPPC

Chad and Cadee Condit, the children of former Rep. Gary Condit, are in legal hot water since the Jan. 10 filing of a lawsuit against them by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. The state political campaign watchdog claims that the former Ceres residents illegally took money from their dad's political action committee warchest.

The FPPC is seeking $2.4 million in fines from Condit's children. The commission, in a suit filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court, wants:

€ $892,554 from Chad Condit for allegedly illegally taking money from a political action committee;

€ $328,500 from Cadee Condit for the same offense; and

€ $1.2 million from the Justice PAC and Chad Condit for illegally spending political donations.

The suit claims both Condits enriched themselves with political action committee funds which should have been used for political, legislative or government purposes.

State law spells out that defendants are liable for up to three times the amount of expenditures illegally made or illegally received.

“This civil complaint speaks for itself,” said FPPC Enforcement Division Chief John Appelbaum on Friday. “We believe this matter involves serious violations of the Political Reform Act, and we are asking the court to impose civil penalties commensurate with the seriousness of the case.”

The FPPC charges that the Condits paid themselves $226,000 for work they were not qualified to undertake, and that they did not produce anything to show for it.

State law forbids individuals from using money donated for political causes for personal use. Typically such funds are disposed of by turning them over to other political campaigns of members of the same party.

In early February 2002 Gary Condit's Keep California Golden committee had a $270,793 balance. Payments to the Condit children reduced the account to $1,513.87.

Gary Condit, then a congressman living in Ceres, initiated formation of the committee on Dec. 22, 1999 as he explored a possible run for statewide office.

At the time, Condit was an ally of Gov. Davis on Capitol Hill and in the Central Valley. Keep California Golden enabled Condit to raise funds from heavy hitters and spread them widely as he weighed statewide prospects. Gambling operations such as the Bicycle Club Casino of Southern California, real estate players such as AKT Development of Sacramento and the likes of the California Funeral Directors Association all lined up to contribute $5,000 each.

Gary Condit's political career went into a tailspin when it was alleged that he had been romantically involved with Chandra Levy, a Modesto intern, who disappeared on April 30, 2001. Condit denied any romantic involvement with Levy but police sources say that Condit admit there was an affair. Negative press surrounding the case led to Condit's defeated for Congress by Dennis Cardoza in the 18th Congressional District primary election of March 2002. After the stinging defeat, Levy's body turned up in a park located near her residence in Washington, D.C. No one has been charged in her death.

Condit himself appointed his son to become treasurer of the committee, then changed its name to Justice PAC. The mission of the PAC was retooled as an examination of media coverage of Condit.

Records show that from March 2002 until June 30, 2003, Chad Condit directed payment of $126,500 to himself under the guise of producing a documentary on how the media covered his father during his scandal over the Levy story. Records show that Chad Condit was also being paid as a political consultant.

Cadee Condit was paid a sum of $99,500 for “political consulting.”

The FPPC claims neither Condit had qualifications as political consultants and “did not produce any discernible work product in relation to expenditures made to (them), and did not provide compensable goods and services.”

The balance of Justice PAC's funds went to various candidates for local offices, legal consultants and a victims rights charity.

In August 2001 both Chad and Cadee Condit resigned their posts with Gov. Gray Davis after Davis said he was “disheartened” that Condit “did not speak out more quickly or more fully” about his relationship with Chandra Levy, a former U.S. Bureau of Prisons intern who has been missing since April 30.

Chad Condit worked as an assistant to Davis on agricultural and legislative issues related to California's Central Valley. The job paid $110,000 a year.

Cadee was a special assistant overseeing day-to-day operations at Davis's private office. She was paid $52,000 a year.

The Condits are said to be employed by the family-owned Baskin Robbins ice cream shop in Glendale, Ariz.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that if the pile of dirt that the Condit's have collected in their wrong doings is analyzed further, there are likely to be more charges, as the pay increases that Condit made to his employees while he was under a grand jury investigation is suspect as well.

There is also the matter that Condit used his political power to avoid appearing before the grand jury, this should be investigated, and Condit must appear before the grand jury to answer questions in Chandra's disappearance. Condit is not above the law.

Also, is not Gary culpible in the overseeing of his political fund spending, such as the money that was used for Lawyers to defend himself against speculation of his involvement with Chandra, is this not a miscarriage of justice, why should the blame fall to only his children for the misuse of political funds.

Bet Cadee and Chad are not all SMILES like their Father, and I'd bet this takes the SMILE off Gary's face as well.......hopefully, some of the monies that the Condit's procured from legal suits will now go back to the public. Although Gary may not be guilty in Chandra's disappearance, I think it is obvious that he has obstructed justice in Chandra's disappearance but he has also failed to appear before the grand jury to answer questions. This remains unfinished business in Chandra's disappearance. Is the District Attorney's office complicit in allowing Gary to obstruct justice????
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't reach Chad to serve papers on him? hmmm, number listed for him not working? Well, I mean what else would you expect from the son of Gary and nephew of Darryl?

Doesn't come out and say whether the phone number that's not working is the B-R ice ceam store or not, but trying to be reached for comment and the phone not working means bye bye B-R ice cream store.

They could make some money if they wrote a book telling the truth about what happened to Chandra.

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from www.modbee.com (fair use)

http://www.modbee.com/local/v-dp_morning/story/11919386p-12686829c.html

State is seeking Chad Condit
Process servers are stuck, and $2.4M lawsuit in limbo

Officials say Chad Condit illegally took campaign money raised by his father.
By MICHAEL DOYLE
BEE WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 11, 2006

WASHINGTON — Chad Condit is proving to be an elusive defendant.

The son of former congressman Gary Condit, Chad Condit is a target of a $2.4 million lawsuit filed by California's political watchdog agency. The regulators claim Condit and his sister, Cadee Condit, illegally pocketed campaign money their father raised.

But in the two months since the Fair Political Practices Commission filed the lawsuit, officials have been unable to reach Chad Condit to deliver legal papers.

"We are still attempting to serve Chad Condit," FPPC spokesman Jon Matthews said Thursday.

Although the lawsuit was filed in Sacramento Superior Court on Jan. 10, it can't proceed until all the defendants are served. Cadee Condit was served Feb. 12, Matthews said. Matthews declined to further characterize efforts to reach both Condits, who have lived most recently in Arizona.

Election law experts suggest the state agency usually has a significantly easier time contacting a defendant.

"The one thing you can infer is that the Condit kid is not cooperating," said Karen Getman, an attorney who served as chairman of the FPPC from 1999-2003.

Chad Condit could not be reached for comment Friday. A Phoenix phone number listed for him and his wife was not working.

Getman said the agency typically will file a lawsuit only after "there was some attempt at settlement." In those cases, she noted, the agency's lawyers will have been in constant contact with the potential defendant. That a lawsuit had to be filed is unusual, Getman said.

Bob Stern, the commission's former general counsel and currently president of the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies, agreed that it probably is "very unusual" for such complications to arise with the mundane steps involved in a lawsuit.

"My guess is they have never had much trouble serving respondents before," Stern said Friday, though he noted that out-of-state defendants may pose greater challenges.

The California Code of Civil Procedure requires that legal documents be served either through "personal delivery" or by "leaving a copy of the summons and complaint during usual office hours in his or her office or, if no physical address is known, at his or her usual mailing address." The copy must be left with someone who is 18 or older and who is in charge of the business.

The lawsuit targets the Condit family's use of a political action committee called Keep California Golden, established by then-Congressman Condit in 1999.

At the time, Condit's political star was at its zenith. Some spoke of the former Ceres mayor and Stanislaus County supervisor as a candidate for statewide office.

In March 2002, after the disappearance of former federal intern Chandra Levy, who was from Modesto and had been said to have been involved with Condit, and widespread public dissatisfaction with his handling of the matter, he changed the political action committee's name to Justice PAC and named his son treasurer.

That month, Gary Condit lost his bid for re-election when Dennis Cardoza beat him in the Democratic primary.

Within a year, the FPPC noted in its lawsuit, Justice PAC paid $226,000 to Chad and Cadee Condit, ostensibly for work on a documentary. The money included "Christmas bonuses" to both.

The state is demanding $2.4 million for violations built around the claim that no documentary film appeared.

"We believe this matter involves serious violations of the Political Reform Act, and we are asking the court to impose civil penalties commensurate with the seriousness of the case," John Appelbaum, the agency's enforcement chief, said in January.

Stern suggested, though, that "other than a judgment," the state might have a hard time collecting even if it wins a lawsuit. Gary Condit, in a deposition taken as part of a separate lawsuit, said he and his children were running a Baskin-Robbins store in Glendale, Ariz.

Bee Washington Bureau reporter Michael Doyle can be reached at 202-383-0006 or mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com.
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