By Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and Sylvia Moreno Tuesday, July 22, 2008; Page A01 By Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and case spun out of control in mid-July 2001 with a series of sensational stories. On July 12, 2001, The Washington Post recounted a tale from a Pentecostal minister in Rep. Gary Condit's home town of Ceres, Calif., who had worked as a handyman for the Levys. He said his teenage daughter once dated the congressman, but she was afraid to talk to the FBI and had gone into hiding. A week after the account became front-page news, the minister recanted his story to the FBI. "It really hurt me," Condit said in a recent interview. "It hurt me personally; it hurt me professionally; it accused me of committing a crime, of having sex with a minor. It put me in such a dark state, I didn't think I was going to get out." D.C....
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