Prosecutor Chris Niewoehner reminds Robert Blagojevich that he previously described Nayak -- who in fall 2008 told the governor's brother he would fund-raise $6 million if Blago would appoint Jackson to the Senate -- as an "amusing gentleman."

The prosecutor suggests this may not be an apt description for a man offering up bribes of $6 million.

"I just felt he was out of his element in what he was talking about and I didn't hold it against him," Robert Blagojevich said.

"Having grown up in an ethnic family" -- the Blagojeviches' father was a Serbian immigrant -- "I can see how they're very clumsy. That's just how I viewed the Indians -- very awkward and clumsy and naïve in our political system. And I put Nayak at the top of the chart."

Niewoehner asks if Nayak was "naive" to believe that $6 million could sway the governor.