Was that the deal? To be honest, I was stationed overseas at the time and didn't follow it that closely. Was she a "popular" figure with the Washington ruling class?
Supposedly there was a ring of congressmen that were kind-of involved in an informal sex club of some kind. A rumor at the time was that John Kasich and Condit were friends and that’s why Kasich left congress.
I found FR while reading about the case and the political implications.