I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then.

I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

There was insufficient evidence that Mr. Simmons committed a crime.