No apology from me will be necessary re my suspicions of Smart's business practices. The man is a crook.
Partial transcript of his 7/10 press conference:
I...I paid him...uh, you know...with the car...we had a contract on the car...and he was supposed to work...you know to help pay that off...which he did...and I did pay him...you know...some cash...I can't remember if I paid him check or not...I've had no(?) over the course of building my home I've had...you know...temporary work that I've picked up for the day and...you know...I've paid them cash. Sometimes...sometimes there's a problem where they don't have IDs...they can't cash checks so...you know...that's basically...
Yes, what he did was probably against some regulation somewhere, and if they want to prosecute him for it, then let 'em do so.
But you're trying to trump this up and extend it into something like conspiracy to commit murder.
You sound nuts, to tell the truth.