Bernard Kerik

In 2010, Bernard B. Kerik, a former New York City police commissioner, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to eight felony charges, including tax fraud and lying to White House officials. Mr. Kerik, who was a close ally of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, took responsibility for his actions. Wikipedia: 1) Attended Eastside High School in Paterson, NJ, dropped out in 1972. 2) After dropping out of high school, Kerik enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the Military Police, stationed in Korea. 3) After leaving the Army, he worked as a security expert in the Middle East; for a time, his clients included the Saudi royal family 4) Worked from 1982 to 1984 as chief of investigations for the security division of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1984 fired and deported. 5) Joined NYPD in 1986. 6) First met Rudolph W. Giuliani in 1990. 7) During1993 NYC mayoral election campaign, served as Giuliani's bodyguard and driver. 8) 1994 joined the NYC Dept of Corrections 9) 1998 Giuliani appointed Kerik commissioner of NYC Dept of Corrections, served til 2000. 10) Giuliani appointed Kerik 40th Police Commissioner of NYC 8/21/2000 despite advice he didn't qualify for position 11) Police Commissioner during 9/11 attacks 12) May 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Kerik was appointed by the George W. Bush administration as interim Interior Minister of Iraq and senior policy adviser to U.S. presidential envoy to Iraq, Paul Bremer. During his tenure as Interior Minister of Iraq, Kerik secretly accepted and failed to report a $250,000 interest-free "loan" from Israeli billionaire Eitan Wertheimer, for which he was later indicted by the US government and sentenced to prison. Kerik acknowledged that during the time he was Interior Minister of Iraq, he accepted a $250,000 interest-free "loan" from Israeli billionaire Eitan Wertheimer and failed to report it. Kerik first met the billionaire, whose vast holdings include major defense contractors, when Kerik took a four-day trip to Israel less than two weeks before September 11, 2001, to discuss counter-terrorism with Israeli officials. 13) Has served as an adviser and consultant to King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to President Bharrat Jagdeo of the Republic of Guyana. He has overseen threat and vulnerability assessments for a ruling family in the United Arab Emirates and has also worked on crime reduction and national security strategies in Trinidad and Tobago. 14) Kerik was close friends with Lawrence V. "Larry" Ray, who was later accused of running a sex cult at Sarah Lawrence College.[50] In 2022, Ray was convicted of extortion, forced prostitution and forced labor. Ray was the best man at Kerik's wedding before the two had a falling out in 2000 when Ray cooperated with the prosecution against his former friend. Kerik has since called Ray "a psychotic con man". 15) Giuliani was Trump's atty when Kerik met Trump 16) Presidential pardon from President Donald Trump in 2020. 17) 2021 Spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orland, FL, 2/25-28/2021.