LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- On June 11, 2007, the California Fair Political Practices Commission (the "FPPC") formally dismissed all causes of action against Cadee Condit in the lawsuit Fair Political Practices Commission v. Chad Condit et al., Sacramento Superior Court Case Number 06AS00116. Cadee Condit is the daughter of former Congressman Gary Condit (D-Ceres).
That lawsuit, announced by the FPPC with much fanfare last year, accused Ms. Condit of illegally receiving money from Justice PAC, a political action committee founded by her father. The FPPC voluntarily dismissed the case against Ms. Condit in its entirety, with no payment of any money by Ms. Condit.
"This is merely the proper conclusion of a case that should never have been filed," said Mark Geragos, of Geragos & Geragos, Ms. Condit's attorneys. "The FPPC bringing this lawsuit last year was nothing more than a continuation of the political vendetta against Gary Condit, this time carried out against his children."
"Although it is somewhat gratifying that the FPPC's new leadership did the right thing and dismissed the case against Cadee," said Ms. Condit's attorney Mark M. Kassabian , "that does not excuse the filing of a meritless lawsuit against Cadee or Chad Condit."