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Giuliani Acknowledges Mistake Over Kerik
Wash Post ^ | 3/30/07 | staff

Posted on 03/30/2007 8:10:09 AM PDT by pissant

NEW YORK -- Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani acknowledged again Friday that he made a mistake when he recommended Bernard Kerik to be the nation's homeland security chief.

The acknowledgment followed a report in The New York Times that the former New York City mayor was warned about Kerik's relationship with a company with suspected ties to organized crime even before Giuliani appointed Kerik as New York City police commissioner.

Giuliani told a Bronx grand jury last year that his former chief investigator recalled briefing him on Kerik's relationship with the company, Interstate Industrial Corp., before Kerik's appointment.

But Giuliani, the front-runner for the 2008 GOP nomination, also told the grand jury he did not remember the briefing, the newspaper reported.

"The Mayor has said repeatedly it was a mistake to recommend Mr. Kerik for DHS. He cooperated fully with the grand jury," Giuliani's consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, said in a statement to The Associated Press.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: beginningoftheend; corruption; electionpresident; giuliani; judgment; kerik; organizedcrime; rudy
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To: Beagle8U

Gee, I guess you only have something on Bernie Kerik. I want to hear what you have on Rudolph Giuliani, who you accuse of being corrupt. You said the list is endless.

Don't knock yourself out, BTW. You and I both know there isn't anything.

And nice use of The Nation, CBS, CNN, and the Washington Post. What's Pravda's take on Rudy?


21 posted on 03/30/2007 10:25:17 AM PDT by Jhensy
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To: pissant

Scooter Libby was convicted for less.


22 posted on 03/30/2007 10:39:44 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Jhensy
"Gee, I guess you only have something on Bernie Kerik. I want to hear what you have on Rudolph Giuliani, who you accuse of being corrupt. You said the list is endless."

You have a reading problem? Where did I accuse Rooty of being corrupt?

I said if you search his business partners and appointments the list of corruption and scandals is endless.

It doesn't look very good to have that flawed of judgment if you are running for the highest office in the land.

23 posted on 03/30/2007 10:43:21 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: nickcarraway

Yes he ceratinly was. Scoot over Scooter, Rudy needs a pillow.


24 posted on 03/30/2007 10:45:15 AM PDT by pissant (The new Fred Astaire: Rudy Rodham Bloomberg)
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To: Spiff; indylindy; TommyDale; Beagle8U; dirtboy
Rudy and Kerik are con artists driven by their personal ambitions, suckering the populace into supporting their shady endeavors. The two mindless robots----Kerik and Rudy----are poster boys for situation ethics. They are grounded in nothing.

Last year, Kerik pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor corruption charges, one of them for letting an alleged mob-tied firm renovate his apartment at no cost. He was fined $221,000.

Fast forward to March 13, 2007: Ex-commissioner Kerik rejected a plea deal offered by federal prosecutors that would have required Kerik to serve time in prison. The deal would have Kerik plead guilty to tax fraud and illegal eavesdropping conspiracy charges in exchange for his guilty plea.

Investigators were willing to end the federal criminal probe into Kerik's alleged wrongdoing which includes allegations of mortgage fraud, tax fraud, conspiracy to eavesdrop and making false statements on his application to become U.S. Homeland Security Secretary.

As part of the current investigation, officials want to know if Kerik received use of a midtown Manhattan apartment for sexual liasions after 9/11 from a prominent real estate developer without ever having claimed use of that apartment on any tax or disclosure forms.

25 posted on 03/30/2007 11:17:44 AM PDT by Liz (Hunter: For some candidates, a conservative constituency is an inconvenience. For me, it is my hope.)
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To: Liz

There are people on here professing that they can't stand one issue voters.

I guess keeping Rudy out of the White House is one issue.


26 posted on 03/30/2007 11:27:27 AM PDT by dforest (Fighting the new liberal Conservatism. The Left foot in the GOP door.)
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To: Beagle8U; Jhensy
"I said if you search his business partners and appointments the list of corruption and scandals is endless. It doesn't look very good to have that flawed of judgment if you are running for the highest office in the land."

I guess the lengthy close association Hunter had with Duke Cunningham doesn't qualify as flawed judgment. All make mistakes.

27 posted on 03/30/2007 12:05:28 PM PDT by Gop1040
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To: Gop1040
"I guess the lengthy close association Hunter had with Duke Cunningham doesn't qualify as flawed judgment. All make mistakes."

How does that relate to anything on this thread?

Did Hunter appoint Cunningham ? Did he go into business with him? Did Hunter recommend Cunningham to head the dept of HS?

Nice try at deflection.

28 posted on 03/30/2007 12:14:08 PM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U
"Did Hunter appoint Cunningham ? Did he go into business with him? Did Hunter recommend Cunningham to head the dept of HS?"

Just a taste of your own guilt by association and innuendo diatribe. BTW, they were close associates and served together for many years in Congressional committees, and both had close dealings with the same people Cunningham went to jail for.

29 posted on 03/30/2007 12:25:25 PM PDT by Gop1040
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