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Meg Whitman Far From Only Politician With Housekeeper Troubles

By David KnowlesSep 29th 2010 – 2:30PM

(Sept. 29) -- Good help (that won't come back and cause you trouble as you seek political office) is hard to find. Today, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's former housekeeper, an undocumented worker, held a news conference to detail her mistreatment "as a longtime, Latina household employee" in the...

Ex-NY Police Chief Bernard Kerik Gets 4-Year Sentence

By Allan LengelFeb 18th 2010 – 2:30PM
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(Feb. 18) -- Disgraced former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who became a heroic figure after the Sept. 11 attack and who almost became a member of President George W. Bush's Cabinet, is headed off to prison. U.S. District Judge Stephen C. Robinson today sentenced Kerik to four years in prison on eight...

In 'Astonishing' Move, Kerik Pleads Guilty

By Allan LengelNov 5th 2009 – 3:07PM

(Nov. 5) -- Bernard Kerik, the former police commissioner of New York City whose meteoric rise to the national spotlight was matched only by his even faster fall, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to eight felony counts that included lying to the White House and tax crimes. The plea agreement calls for a sentence of...

Bernard Kerik News From the Web

  • 04/22/12 Rikers military show of ‘farce' Source: New York Post - New York NY An arsenal of pricey Rikers Island hardware — including at least two surplus US Army armored vehicles — sits rusting and unused after city Department of Correction honchos scrapped units that once patrolled the sprawling, 400-acre complex.

Background on Bernard Kerik

Bernard Bailey "Bernie" Kerik (born September 4, 1955) is a former New York City Police Commissioner, Secretary of Homeland Security nominee.

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