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Title: Ex-NYPD Top Cop Bernard Kerik Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison
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NY DAILY
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_ ... y_more_jail_time_expected.html
Published: Feb 18, 2010
Author: Robert Gearty
Post Date: 2010-02-18 12:54:21 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 1283
Comments: 9
Disgraced ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, the first top cop in city history to plead guilty to a crime, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. The stiff sentence for the former 9/11 hero - above the federal guidelines for his crimes - was handed down in White Plains by Federal Judge Stephen Robinson. The judge ripped Kerik, the head of the NYPD when the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists, for abusing his national notoriety. "The fact that Mr. Kerik would use that event (9/11) for personal gain and aggrandizement is a dark place in the soul for me," Robinson said. The suggested range for Kerik was 27 to 33 months, although Robinson had warned him that a harsher term was possible. Kerik, addressing the court before sentencing, asked for mercy. "Allow me to return to my wife and two little girls as soon as possible," said an apologetic Kerik, whose NYPD tenure covered 2000-01. The maximum sentence for Kerik's eight guilty pleas was 61 years. He admitted lying to the White House, lying about a payoff from the mob-linked contractor and filed false tax returns. Kerik, 54, became a national hero after his appointment as police commissioner by ex-mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 2000. His leadership on 9/11 was widely hailed, and Giuliani boosted his buddy as head of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration. But his nomination failed when Kerik said he didn't pay Social Security to a nanny - which was only a blip on the former top cop's list of wrongdoings. Last November, Kerik cut a plea deal to resolve the charges against him. He was jailed for three weeks prior to his plea after the judge ruled Kerik was trying to taint the jury pool by releasing secret pre-trial information. While behind bars, Kerik was put under psychiatric observation after displaying unspecified disturbing symptoms. He was released on $1.5 million bail after his guilty pleas, and spent the last three months wearing an electronic monitor at his Franklin Lakes, N.J., home.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
This is the guy that Republicans thought should head up homeland security, right?
Being a Republican means you get to choose your own reality.
And Der Rudenfuhrer's bestest friend...
The fact I was an RM2 escapes you obviously, and what that implies. Badeye posted on 2007-01-30 16:42:29 ET Reply Trace Yep, good buddy of ghouliani...
Bush thought so. Worst president EVER!
Yeah, almost as bad as having a tax-cheat run the IRS. Isn't that ironic? At least the Republicans prevented this guy from getting into higher office while the tax-cheat went upward and onward! Isn't it great to be a Democrat? You really do get to create your own reality.
Goldi-Lox: You're one dumb-fucking bitch.
Actually, Kerik withdrew his nomination. Geithner should have done the same thing.
Actually, Kerik withdrew his nomination. Geithner should have done the same thing. He withdrew his nomination because he knew he wouldn't get through the Republican Senate. Geithner on the other hand, knew he would sail through a Democratic Senate as they don't care about the insult they are giving the American public by putting a tax-cheat in as top tax enforcer. Disclaimer: I hate Republicans mind you, just that I hate Democrats more.
Goldi-Lox: You're one dumb-fucking bitch.
He was crooked, and he's going to jail. Justice prevailed. If he were a Democrat, he'd have a job in this administration, as the tax cheats position demonstrates conclusively. Being a democrat means you choose to ignore reality.
my anti groupie can't get through life without me.
Like Eliot Abrams or John Poindexter ? They'd fit in?
The fact I was an RM2 escapes you obviously, and what that implies. Badeye posted on 2007-01-30 16:42:29 ET Reply Trace
#2. To: go65 (#1)
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#3. To: go65 (#1)
#4. To: go65 (#1)
This is the guy that Republicans thought should head up homeland security, right?
#5. To: go65 (#1)
his is the guy that Republicans thought should head up homeland security, right?
#6. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#5)
At least the Republicans prevented this guy from getting into higher office while the tax-cheat went upward and onward!
#7. To: Skip Intro (#6)
At least the Republicans prevented this guy from getting into higher office while the tax-cheat went upward and onward!
#8. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#7)
#9. To: Badeye (#8)
If he were a Democrat, he'd have a job in this administration
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