Grand Jury Drops Condit Case
A Stanislaus County grand jury rejected flight attendant Anne Marie Smith’s complaint that Rep. Gary Condit obstructed justice when his representatives asked her to sign an affidavit stating they didn’t have an affair.
The 19-member civil panel reached its secret decision Thursday and mailed a letter to Smith’s lawyer, James Robinson. It arrived Monday at his Seattle office.
Foreman Robert E. Johnson wrote that the jury voted to take no action because the complaint was filed in the wrong jurisdiction.
Smith claimed Condit, chief of staff Mike Lynch and Don Thornton, an investigator for one of Condit’s lawyers, conspired to obstruct justice by encouraging her to commit perjury.
Condit (D-Ceres) has denied asking anybody to lie, and he disputes Smith’s characterization of their association.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
