11.   What Gore knew and when he knew it is crucial since some aspects of the temple event may have violated federal campaign and tax laws.

12.   When he was questioned last April by the special counsel investigating campaign finance abuses, Gore again insisted the temple event was not a fund-raiser.

13.   A Gore friend and fund-raiser recently was convicted of fund-raising improprieties, including matters related to the temple event.

14.   Gore has said he does not regard the temple event and the coffees as fund-raisers.

15.   Kennedy added that the Gore staffer who referred to the temple event as a fund-raiser was questioned about it in Congress three years ago.

16.   One of the five felony charges against Hsia revolves around the temple event Gore attended.

17.   Prosecutors concluded that donations made at the event were illegal, but Gore was accused of no wrongdoing in either the temple event or the fund-raising calls.

18.   The White House has said the coffees were not fund-raisers, and Gore has said that he does not view the temple event as a fund-raiser.

19.   Video footage was played at the trial showing the vice president attending the temple event.