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Kerik Surrenders After Federal Grand Jury Indictment
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 9, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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A grand jury voted to indict former police commissioner Bernard Kerik on federal corruption charges yesterday and, this morning, he surrender to the FBI in White Plains. The indictment was sealed, but the 16 counts include charges of "conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, tax fraud and making false statements."
The U.S. Attorney's office, which sought the indictment, and the FBI are giving a press conference now; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael Garcia is making the point that the charges were brought against Kerik because he was a top city official and applied to high federal positions. According to WNBC, the charges include not claiming more than $500,000 in income on his tax returns, including the more than $200,00 from NJ contractor Interstate interested in a city contract, plus:
- Conspiracy to cover up payments from Interstate between 1998-2006.
- Lying about his ties to Interstate when applying to jobs like Department of Homeland Secretary to various investigation agencies.
- Taking a free Upper East Side apartment from a developer, which resulted in $236,000 in free rent, as he was ending his term as police commissioner.
- Claiming $80,000 in charitable donations he never made.
Former mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has been a staunch supporter of Kerik, even through his troubles, told ABC News he did make a "mistake" in not thoroughly vetting Kerik. Giuliani added, "You have to judge that in the overall context in everything that I did, and how many right decisions did I make and how many wrong decisions did I make. And the balance is very much in favor of -- I must have been making the right decisions if the city of New York turned around. If crime went down by 60 percent, if homicide went down by 70 percent...I made mistakes when I was the mayor, and I make mistakes as a candidate, I will make mistakes as a president"
Still, some, like WNBC's Gabe Pressman, think Giuliani showed very poor judgment. The Daily News editorial calls Kerik "a man of limited integrity and enormous hubris."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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