Today's New York Daily News has a report on more trouble for Bernie Kerik that you can read here:
Bernard Kerik's legal nightmare is about to get worse, with federal prosecutors expected to file charges against the former police commissioner that will likely include allegations of bribery, tax fraud and obstruction of justice, the Daily News has learned. The indictment, expected next month, could prove to be an embarrassing obstacle for Kerik's former mentor Rudy Giuliani, who is cruising at the top of the polls heading into the presidential primary gauntlet. The bribery allegations against Kerik stem from a secret meeting at a bar in Tribeca, according to two sources familiar with the federal probe. Kerik's lawyers recently agreed to waive the statute of limitations on the tax charges until Nov. 17, which will allow them to make one last plea to try to ease the pain. Kerik will go to the Justice Department in Washington in the coming weeks to try to get expected criminal tax charges reduced to civil fines.
A Kerik indictment would be a serious test for Mayor Giuliani. Giuliani's been asked about Kerik before, of course. Here's what he told the Wall Street Journal's editorial board in an interview last June:
I have a sign on my desk that says 'I am responsible' - and I am. I'm responsible for Bernie Kerik. I selected him. I should have checked him out better, so the lesson I learned from it is check people out more--check them out better. But if you look at Bernie Kerik, and whatever mistakes I made with Bernie Kerik, there is nobody in public office as long as I've been that hasn't made a similar number of mistakes. And if you balance the mistakes with the successes, I don't think there's anyone who's had too many more successes than I've had in selecting people. I'm not infallible.
This is a story on which to keep tabs.