"I firmly believe I'm innocent of the charges against me," Ken Lay said following the hearing, where he was found guilty of every single count. "We believe that God in fact is in control and indeed he does work all things for good for those who love the lord."
The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington-based nonprofit group, said the Lays had given $139,500 to George Bush's political campaigns over the years. Those donations were part of $602,000 that Enron employees gave to Bush's various campaigns, making the company the leading political patron for Bush at the time of the company's bankruptcy in 2001.