[A different member of the group, a candy wholesaler, said he vaguely remembered the] licenses-for-bribes ... I don't remember any details or anything about it.

In 1998 this case started as licenses for bribes, and if anyone would have said when we first heard from a wire tap about fundraising that we would be here today talking about a verdict against the governor, I would have said they are crazy.

By then, I'll just be someone people vaguely remember.

There were bribes; there were kickbacks; there was lax oversight from the secretariat; and some member states turned a blind eye toward this corruption, ... We need to reform the U.N. in a manner that will prevent another oil-for-food scandal.

There were bribes; there were kickbacks; there was lax oversight from the Secretariat; and some member states turned a blind eye toward this corruption.

I would never belong to a group that would accept someone like me as a member.