Some apparently designed to disguise where money came from or where it ultimately benefited.

The strongest early evidence suggested several entities connected to Julian received undisclosed benefits.

Others had ties to donors seeking state contracts.

And several transactions intersected with people close to Governor Sterling.

That did not automatically make Sterling criminally responsible.

Investigators would have to determine that.

I stopped wanting easy conclusions.

My life contained enough manufactured ones.

PART 15 — THE GOVERNOR

Governor Sterling issued a statement.