Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was hailed as a hero alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and nearly became chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday for eight felonies. Mr. Kerik admitted in November that he lied to the White House, filed false taxes and committed other crimes.
“The fact that Mr. Kerik would use that event [9/11] for personal gain and aggrandizement is a dark place in the soul for me,” said Southern District Judge Stephen Robinson. Federal guidelines indicated Mr. Kerik’s sentence should be between 27 and 33 months in prison. Judge Robinson said he went beyond the guidelines because they could not account for certain factors. Mr. Kerik was “the chief law enforcement officer for the biggest and grandest city this nation has,” the judge said. The crimes were committed “in the process of attempting to become a cabinet level position in the government of the United States.”
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