-Caveat Lector- http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/levy_pm010703.html Condit's one-page statement:(PDF File): http://abcnews.go.com/sections/pdf/condit_statement.pdf Condit Denies Cover-Up Congressman Denies Woman's Claims W A S H I N G T O N, July 3 - Rep. Gary Condit and one of his lawyers today denied trying to pressure a woman into lying about an alleged relationship with the congressman. A flight attendant had told Fox News on Monday that a private investigator had pressed her to sign an affidavit denying a 10-month affair with the California congressman. In fact, United Airlines flight attendant Anne Marie Smith said, there had been a romantic relationship. "I have not asked anyone to refrain from discussing this matter with authorities, nor have I suggested anyone misled the authorities," Condit said in a brief, one-page statement. (Statement - PDF) Condit's alleged relationship with Smith has become an issue as police and FBI agents investigate his relationship with missing intern Chandra Levy. Smith said she knew nothing about any relationship Condit might have had with Levy, but claimed the congressman had told her she did not need to speak to the FBI. Law enforcement officials told ABCNEWS that Smith's story might not have any direct relevance to the Levy case, but it raises questions about possible obstruction of justice. Condit's lawyer in California, Joseph Cotchett, also released a statement today refuting claims that anyone had pressured Smith on his behalf. Cotchett said his office had merely e-mailed her attorney a draft statement based on phone conversations "with the congressman's staff and the flight attendant." A copy of the e-mail also released by Cotchett said at the top, "Please edit, cut, suggest, etc." Condit's attorney in Washington, Abbe Lowell, described the flight attendant's story as craziness. 'Potentially Embarrassing' A highly placed law enforcement source in Washington told ABCNEWS that there have been no new developments in the hunt for Levy. He said there was no new lead that led them to begin searching landfills, describing the move as a "natural progression" in a missing person case. It just means that police are looking at things they had not looked at thus far under regular procedures. The source expressed frustration that it's been a couple months since Levy's disappearance and so little progress has been made. He said it would be good to get the case solved for the family's sake. Smith told Fox that Condit called her soon after the Levy story broke and asked her to keep quiet about their relationship. "He said, 'You don't want anything - this could be potentially embarrassing for both of us,'" Smith said. When she talked to him about the FBI questioning her, she said, she told him it was a routine interview and that "they were talking to a lot of people that he knew." Hiding in Plain Sight Smith's lawyer, Jim Robinson, said that the person who asked her to sign the affidavit was a private investigator working for Cotchett. Levy, 24, was last seen on April 30, and her last known communication - an e-mail to her parents in California - was received on May 1. In the weeks since Levy's disappearance, speculation has centered around her connection to Condit, the Democratic congressman who represents the Northern California district where Levy's family lives. Levy, who had just finished an internship at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was apparently planning to return home when she disappeared. In prepared statements, Condit, 53, has called Levy a "good friend." 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