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Even on those matters he could recall, Reagan seemed to undermine Poindexter's defense. He had "no recollection" of seeing letters Poindexter sent to Congress in 1986 falsely certifying that the Administration was complying "with the spirit and the letter" of the Boland amendment banning military assistance to the contras. As for siphoning off profits from the arms sales, Reagan stated, "All I knew was that there was some money that came from someplace in another account, and that the appearance was that it might have been a part of the negotiated sale. And to this day, I don't have any $ information or knowledge that . . . there had been a diversion." Had he learned of any excess profit, Reagan declared, "I would have given it back" to Iran.