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The founder of Enron, Kenneth L. Lay pushed Paula H. Rieker to admit that directors had blessed the actions of Mr. Lay and the former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, that were related to financial structures set up by Andrew S. Fastow, the chief financial officer. The defense lawyer repeatedly pushed her to acknowledge that her notes showed that directors continued to believe that Mr. Fastow's stewardship of the LJM partnership, from which he personally made more than $40 million, was appropriate and had been properly vetted when it was set up in 1999. According to notes taken by Ms. Rieker, one director, John Duncan, said that a clear Chinese wall has been in place and directors did not know about Mr. Fastow's compensation from the transactions.