New York City's police commissioner during the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday he started crying when President Donald Trump pardoned him for felony convictions that put him behind bars for three years, aware he got a break other ex-convicts never see. Bernard Kerik said felony convictions, a prison
NEW YORK — New York City's police commissioner during the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday he started crying when President Donald Trump pardoned him for felony convictions that put him behind bars for three years, aware he got a break other ex-convicts never see.
He noted, for instance, that some inmates learn to be barbers in prison only to find some states won't license hairdressers with felony pasts. That is true for real estate sales and garbage collection, he said. “I started crying,” said the Franklin Lakes, New Jersey,resident, who is a frequent Fox News guest and visitor to the president's Mar-a-Lago resort. “I thanked him profusely.”
In 2010, he pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud and false statement charges, partially stemming from over $250,000 in apartment renovations he received from a construction firm that authorities say counted on Kerik to convince New York officials it had no organized crime links. Trump's pardons have come under criticism because well-heeled friends of the president advocated for many of them and because many of the convictions were for corruption.
Giuliani and Kerik were praised as heroes after the Sept. 11 attack,and Kerik was nominated in late 2004 to be homeland security secretary. But his misdeeds were uncovered in the scrutiny that followed, leaving his reputation in tatters.
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