But certainly I didn't know he was doing anything that was criminal.

We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.

We will cooperate fully with the SEC and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest.

I don't think I'm a criminal, number one.

The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime.

The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.

In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.