Giuliani Tries to Distance Self From Former Police Commissioner Facing New Legal Woes [View All]

Source: Fox "News"

Rudy Giuliani is trying to keep his distance from Bernard Kerik, the former New York City mayor's police commissioner who could be facing new federal charges in a case built on a secret meeting of city officials eight years ago.

"Bernie was a mistake," the Republican presidential candidate told FOX News earlier this week when he admitted that he should not have recommended Kerik — whose closet later was found to have several skeletons in it — to be President Bush's homeland security secretary in 2004.

Kerik withdrew his nomination to replace Tom Ridge in December 2004 at the 180,000-employee department after revealing that he had just found out that his housekeeper/nanny was an illegal immigrant.

Several other accusations — both public and private — were made at the time, and a subsequent investigation led to Kerik's pleading guilty last year to two misdemeanor charges in connection with receiving payments from a company that also allegedly provided free renovations to Kerik's Bronx apartment.

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