Imus says he's a thug. Rudy says 'I made a mistake' but the rest of my hires were good.
Fluff, fluff and more fluff.
Perlmutter was one of Rudy's AUSAs in the narcotics unit who deviated, had a huge personal crisis and disappeared for awhile.
He was found in some dive with a chippie and objective observers accepted the idea that he was suffering from drugs and alcohol abuse of major dimensions.
The matter was kept quiet.
I believe that there was a second incident.
Then Perlmutter was considered rehabilitated and returned to duty by Rudy as a prosecutor of sensitive narcotics cases.
Ultimately he got caught stealing drugs from his and other cases, was prosecuted, disbarred and sent to jail for more than ten years.
Rudy made a huge mistake in not taking very strong action to remove him from any positions of trust. Rudy was more concerned with protecting the kid's reputation and by not acting prudently he gave him a temptation that was overwhelming and put him in prison for a long time.
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