 Despite the fast-tracking of the payment following an AID meeting with Dole, both Dole and AID denied that there was any excessive influence exacted on the organisation by the then Senate Majority Leader on Balkany's behalf.Balkany subsequently sued Riskin in a "Beit Din" for $200,000 over non-payment of fees related to his activism on his behalf.Riskin argued that he had never asked Balkany to intercede with Dole on his behalf and refused to attend the hearings.