History's steamiest political sex scandals
POSTED: 07:52 AM PDT Oct 24, 2011
UPDATED: 12:11 PM PST Nov 09, 2012
With CIA Director David Petraeus resigning over an affair, look back at some of the biggest political sex scandals.
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In May 2001, California Rep. Gary Condit became the subject of national news coverage after the April 30 disappearance of Chandra Levy, a Washington, D.C., intern originally from Condit's district. After being questioned by police several times, Condit confessed that the two had an affair.
