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Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleads guilty to corruption
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Days before his corruption trial was to begin, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik this morning admitted that he lied to the White House and said he would also admit to tax crimes.
A plea bargain Kerik cut with the government now resolves three pending federal trials in all -- and could send the once highly regarded public servant to prison for more than two years. However, Judge Stephen Robinson warned him that he didn't have to follow the government's recommendation and could put Kerik behind bars for five years.
Kerik nonetheless told the judge in White Plains that he would waive his right to appeal.
Kerik this summer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT he was the victim of overzealous prosecutors out to make names for themselves: Travels with Bernie: Court of public opinion clears Kerik
Last month, the judge in the case revoked Kerik's bail after the former police commissioner had given confidential court documents to someone who posted them online: Kerik, seething at prosecutors, now awaits trial in jail.
Last Friday, Kerik was released back into general custody after spending 10 days in the psychiatric unit at the Westchester County Jail. A doctor gave the judge a letter that Robinson made public about Kerik's mental state: Bernie Kerik out of psych unit.
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