mr. gardiner and a second. amato he was friends with amato and creely since the 1970's, both creely said amato and creely said they were best friends. they practiced all together, they went hunting and fished together, they knew each other's families. were timothy testified there were unc j known as akuncle jake and uncle bob. creely taught him how to fish amato taught him how to cook. there were close friends, so was don gone. g in fact, gardiner was even closer. he asked porteous to be the godfather to one of his daughters. background, now this uncontested that robert would like to read an article 1. e port first, the house asserts george di sc porteous failed to disclose while he was a state judge of the quote corrupt scheme with attor these attorneys. this is of course predicated on the the fact that there is fa corrupt scheme.se's the problem with the house case is the house's witnesses who deny the scheme. without trial and in the senate the position bald creely expressly disavowed, expresslydge pors disa