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Bernard Kerik shortly after his arrest in 2006On June 30, 2006, after an eighteen month investigation conducted by the Bronx District Attorney's Office, Kerik pled guilty to two ethics violations (unclassified misdemeanors) and was ordered to pay $221,000 in fines at the 10-minute hearing.<4>
Kerik acknowledged that he failed to document a personal loan on his annual New York City Conflict of Interest Report (a violation of the New York City Administrative Code) and accepting a gift from a New Jersey construction firm (or ones of their subsidiaries) attempting to do business with the city, (a violation of the New York City Charter). During the court hearing, the Assistant Bronx District Attorney stated that "although some may draw inferences from this plea, there is no direct evidence of an agreement between Kerik and the New Jersey construction firm". Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg immediately removed Kerik's name from the Manhattan Detention Complex, a New York jail that had been renamed in Kerik's honor on December 21, 2001 by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.<5>
Subsequently, on July 20, 2006, the two New Jersey contractors were indicted on perjury charges, accused of lying to the Bronx grand jury in the Kerik investigation.<6>
On March 31, 2007, The Associated Press reported that Kerik rejected a plea bargain agreement with federal prosecutors who are investigating allegations of tax evasion for failing to declare the gifts that he received from the New Jersey contractors. Kerik is also under investigation for conspiracy to eavesdrop on the conversations of the husband of Jeanine Pirro, whom Ms. Pirro was suspecting was having an affair.<7>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik
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