House payroll records show that Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) significantly increased the salaries of three key staffers in the days following the revelation that he was romantically involved with Chandra Levy, a young Washington intern who went missing last year and recently was found dead in Rock Creek Park.A Roll Call analysis of Condit’s payroll records, as disclosed in the quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House, revealed that the embattled Congressman gave significant pay raises to two top aides — Administrative Assistant Mike Dayton and Chief of Staff Michael Lynch — as the Levy investigation heated up.The Congressman also...
