NEW YORK — Embattled California Rep. Gary Condit will give his first television interview on the Chandra Levy case to ABC News correspondent Connie Chung.
Chung won a furious behind-the-scenes competition for the interview, considered the biggest "get" in television news since her ABC colleague Barbara Walters interviewed Monica Lewinsky.
The interview will be taped for air Thursday night, according to Condit aide, Michael Dayton. Chung will talk to him from Condit's district in Modesto, Calif.
Condit has been in virtual seclusion as stories swirled about his romantic relationship with the missing intern. Police have said the 53-year-old married congressman is not a suspect in Levy's disappearance.
Chung was chosen for the interview even though Walters and fellow ABC News correspondent Diane Sawyer were also reportedly seeking it.
Up until Monday, CBS News had high hopes that Condit would speak to "60 Minutes," where it likely would have been assigned to Ed Bradley.