1.   He continues to believe that he did nothing illegal, and that he was a political scapegoat.

2.   Historically speaking, Washington was not always a political scapegoat.

3.   In Congo, the tall, angular Tutsi minority descended from Arab-influenced people of the east is the usual political scapegoat of darker, shorter majority tribes.

4.   In Congo, the tall, angular Tutsi minority with roots in the east is the usual political scapegoat of darker, shorter majority tribes.

5.   But he was widely seen as a political scapegoat, rather than carrying responsibility for the fall of the ruble.