A former US congressman has told a Washington court that privacy concerns stopped him acknowledging an affair with an intern who was later murdered.
Gary Condit was testifying at the trial of the man accused of the 2001 murder of 24-year-old Chandra Levy.
Mr Condit, who said his decision to stay quiet was based "purely on principle", was cleared of involvement in her death but his career was ruined.
El Salvadorian Ingmar Guandique is charged with murdering Ms Levy.
Ms Levy had been missing for a year before her remains were found in Rock Creek Park, in Washington DC, in May 2002.
Guandique had previously been convicted of assaulting two other women in the same park where Ms Levy's remains were discovered.
His defence team argue that he has been made a scapegoat for the failures of a botched police investigation.
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