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.
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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?
Scooter Libby was convicted for less.
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.
Yes he ceratinly was. Scoot over Scooter, Rudy needs a pillow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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