Political Quotes

“Fine. Let me then continue with another aspect of this that is important. Again, just to summarize this, it is not at all uncommon in law enforcement in order to be able to make the case against the people who are masterminding a crime, for example, to get the little fish to talk. And the way you do that is to say, ``We will not prosecute you if you will tell us under oath everything you know and that information is useful in our ability to make a case against the bigger fish.'' That is the way it works in law enforcement. With respect to these Buddhist nuns and monks who have taken vows of poverty, it is clear that nobody wants to prosecute them. They were used. They were abused in this process. I don't think anybody thinks they were criminals or that they had criminal intent. But what is alleged to have occurred is that somebody brought a lot of money in and gave it to them and said, ``Now, tomorrow, when the Vice President is here, we want you to write a check in this same amount to the Vice President or to his campaign.'' That is called laundering money.”