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oN : . claims. proved unfounded; in others, however, as with these defendants, the-claims-sadly proved to be accurate. Unlike the other congressional defendants, Thompson — did not accept his money on the first offer. After he left the meeting, Criden argued extensively with Amorosa, Claiming that there had been an earlier understanding between Criden and Weinberg that the payment could be made to Criden for later delivery to Thompson. When Amoroso made it clear that the payment would have to be made either directly to Thompson or to Criden in Thompson's presence, Criden ~ asked for a second opportunity to bring Thompson to them. That same evening he returned with Thompson who, then, .. readily accepted the money. | Although Thompson tries to make much of these differences, his rights were in no way infringed by these events. Placing these recorded meetings together, Thompson's understanding of what was happening and his willingness ‘to accept the bribe money were crystal clear to the jury . and to this court. Citing the interim meeting on October 9, 1979 wherein Criden, Weinberg and Amoroso discussed Thompson's refusal of the money in his first appearance before the ‘cameras, Thompson argues that the government in many ways improperly authorized Criden to misrepresent to Thompson what was going on. Such an interpretation of the interim