"The monthly bill was paying down the expenditures... it was not a loan," Giuliani said.
He approved the expenditures.
A Harris County grand jury is also investigating the expenditures.
Since the expenditures themselves do not corrupt, Chief Judge Sentelle reasoned, neither do contributions to groups that make the expenditures.
Mr. DeGeurin defended the expenditures as befitting a president who needed to entertain.
"As if that isn't bad enough, the expenditures violate campaign finance law".
Faso declined, stating in a letter that the expenditures were equivalent to free speech.
It has filed reports accounting for the expenditures involved in programs backed by Rockefeller clients.
The investigation found that Mr. Neely had bragged about the expenditures.
Russian officials justify the expenditures as necessary given the destruction and the security needs there.
"All the expenditures are made without any control," said Mr. Navalny, the anti-corruption crusader.
