now-imprisoned man. now it is giannoulias again trying to distance himself from rezko s reputation. let s be clear of what i ve said from day one. 05 left daily operations 06 i left the bank. there are no inconsistentcies. reporter: but others seem to think so. this morning in new york. did you take a tax break you didn t deserve? no. i got a refund because of the loss of a family business. and i said that with that money i would give it back to charity. we don t we haven t dug down deep in the issue. it seems to me the bottom line the tribune is asking is did you work at the bank in 2006 or not. and the answer i ve been consistent from the very beginning is yes. reporter: the talk started that he did work at his family bank in 2006. contradiction to some. there was a controversial loan in 2006. and said i didn t know anything about. we don t say he does know about it but he was still working there. and the $2.7 million tax deduction allows him to prove