Bernard Kerik

November 14, 2007 -- Just days after Rudy Giuliani's right-hand man and protégé Bernard Kerik was indicted on corruption charges, Giuliani is trying to distract voters from the scandal today by launching his first television advertisement of the campaign season. Called "Tested," the ad follows Rudy's pattern of exaggerating his record on a host of issues while Mayor of New York City. The ad is running in New Hampshire, not surprising considering that a New York Times/CBS News Poll out today shows Rudy trailing first place by a significant margin. [New York Times, 11/14/07]    » read more »

November 9, 2007 -- Upon hearing the news that Bernard Kerik would be indicted on multiple corruption charges, Rudy Giuliani refused to say whether or not he would pardon his long time friend. Having helped shepherd Kerik's career, evidence suggests that Giuliani knew about Kerik's ethical problems and still promoted him from driver in his 1993 mayoral campaign to New York City's Corrections Department Commissioner to the city's police chief to business partner. [Daily News, 11/09/07]    » read more »

November 8, 2007 -- Despite evidence showing that Rudy Giuliani knew about Bernard Kerik's ethical problems and still promoted his once-close friend throughout his career, Rudy astonishingly continues to claim ignorance. As Kerik prepares to surrender to federal authorities tomorrow for tax fraud, corruption and conspiracy charges, Giuliani has yet to explain why he shepherded Kerik's career while an ethical cloud hung over his head.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Washington, DC - As he files paperwork to get on the ballot in the Granite State today, Rudolph Giuliani's allies are trying to distance him from potentially embarrassing allegations about his once-close friend Bernard Kerik. According to the New York Post, Giuliani's law partner Marc Mukasey thwarted Kerik's lawyer from interviewing witnesses linked to Giuliani and his consulting firm who may have knowledge of nefarious activity that occurred during Giuliani's watch.    » read more »