-Caveat Lector-
Civil grand jury reached decision on complaint against Condit
Friday, September 7, 2001 Breaking News Sections
(09-07) 09:58 PDT MODESTO, Calif. (AP) --
A county grand jury reached a decision on whether to investigate
allegations that Rep. Gary Condit obstructed justice when he asked
flight attendant Anne Marie Smith to sign an affidavit stating they
didn't have an affair.
The results of the secret vote of Stanislaus County's
19-member civil grand jury Thursday night won't be made public except by
way of a letter being sent Friday to Smith's lawyer, said Marnie Ardis,
the county employee who oversees the grand jury.
The unusual session came after Smith's lawyer, James Robinson, held a
news conference on the courthouse steps last week to announce he was
going directly to the grand jury with allegations that Condit, his chief
of staff, Mike Lynch; and Don Thornton, an investigator for a California
lawyer who has represented Condit, obstructed justice by encouraging
Smith to commit perjury.
Smith, 40, claims Condit and his intermediaries tried to get her to sign
a false affidavit denying they had an affair. She said they had a
10-month romance.
Condit, D-Calif., has denied asking anybody to lie.
His attorney, Abbe Lowell, said Smith and the congressman apparently
have different definitions of the word "relationship."
The panel could decide whether to investigate or reject Smith's
citizen's complaint. But Ardis said the civil grand jury -- convened to
oversee local government -- cannot indict anyone and that criminal
charges like the ones alleged by Smith must eventually be filed by the
prosecutor anyway.
The county's district attorney, Jim Brazelton, has said he's unlikely to
bring any charges.
Citizen requests for criminal charges are usually made directly to
police or prosecutors, who can present evidence to criminal grand
juries. Robinson said he went to the civil grand jury to bypass
Brazelton.
"The whole purpose of this is to go around the D.A.
because we don't trust the D.A.," Robinson said Thursday.
Smith's relationship with Condit became public after the congressman was
linked to Chandra Levy, a
24-year-old government intern from Modesto who vanished in Washington on
May 1.
Condit, 53, is not considered a suspect in her disappearance, but police
sources say he acknowledged having an extramarital affair with Levy.
================================================================
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT
FROM THE DESK OF:
*Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends
================================================================
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html
<A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
<A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
