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Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik arrived at the federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland, Monday to begin a 48-month prison sentence, prison authorities said.

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Kerik gets 4 years on felony chargesupdated: Thu Feb 18 2010 20:42:00

Ex-New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik was sentenced to 48 months in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of lying to Bush administration officials who vetted his unsuccessful 2004 nomination for homeland security secretary.

Ex-NYC top cop sentencedupdated: Thu Feb 18 2010 20:42:00

Bernard Kerik was sentenced to 48 months in jail after pleading guilty to lying to Bush administration officials.

Ex-NYC top cop pleads guiltyupdated: Thu Nov 05 2009 21:05:00

Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleads guilty to eight felony counts. CNN's Mary Snow reports.

Former NYPD commissioner Kerik pleads guilty to lying to White Houseupdated: Thu Nov 05 2009 21:05:00

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of lying to Bush administration officials who vetted his unsuccessful 2004 nomination to be homeland security secretary.

Former NYPD commissioner Kerik indictedupdated: Wed May 27 2009 02:17:00

Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik was indicted on charges of making false statements to White House officials vetting him for the secretary's seat at the Department of Homeland Security in 2004, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Kerik pleads not guilty in new corruption indictmentupdated: Mon Dec 29 2008 15:13:00

Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to a revised indictment charging him in a corruption and tax evasion case, according to a spokesman for the New York District Attorney.

Obama's Cabinet movesupdated: Sat Nov 22 2008 08:10:00

Mark Preston discusses reports of a flurry of Cabinet picks by Barack Obama, including secretaries of state and Treasury

Romney defends recordupdated: Mon Nov 26 2007 21:33:00

GOP hopeful Mitt Romney is in the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to respond to fire coming from his opponents.

Romney to Huckabee: You're no Reaganupdated: Mon Nov 26 2007 21:33:00

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney blasted a rising challenger in the Iowa caucuses Monday, painting former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as a tax-raising, illegal immigrant-coddling liberal and defending his own commitment to conservative causes.

Time.com: Rudy Giuliani's Kerik Problemupdated: Thu Nov 15 2007 02:00:00

The former mayor is staking his campaign on leadership skills, but his loyalty to his disgraced former top cop raises questions

Publisher says she was told to lie to protect Giulianiupdated: Wed Nov 14 2007 19:11:00

Senior executives at News Corp. urged publisher Judith Regan to lie to investigators about ex-New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik in order to protect Rudy Giuliani's presidential ambitions, Regan alleges in a lawsuit filed this week.

Top cop faces chargesupdated: Fri Nov 09 2007 17:38:00

Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik is indicted on corruption charges. CNN's Mary Snow reports.

Ex-Giuliani protege Kerik pleads not guiltyupdated: Fri Nov 09 2007 17:38:00

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said Friday that he's ready to fight federal charges of conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements.

Time.com: Will Rudy's Get-Tough Image Backfire?updated: Sat Jun 23 2007 18:35:00

The arrest of a state campaign chairman highlights potential problems for the law-and-order candidate

CNNMoney: Would you fail the 'Nanny test'?updated: Mon Dec 13 2004 14:47:00

Bernard Kerik, the would-be Homeland Security chief, is only the most recent in a long line of candidates for high office to be doomed by the so-called nanny tax.

Inside Kerik's fall updated: Mon Dec 13 2004 12:03:00

In calculating his odds of getting confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security, former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik and his advisers had reckoned they could handle the issue of Kerik's reputation for occasional lapses of judgment in personal matters.

Nomination process questioned after Kerik withdrawsupdated: Sun Dec 12 2004 18:52:00

Lawmakers debated White House culpability Sunday in the doomed nomination of Bernard Kerik as Homeland Security secretary, asking why the administration failed to find critical information in its vetting process before officially selecting him.

Kerik: Withdrawing 'was the right thing to do' updated: Sat Dec 11 2004 12:37:00

Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said Saturday that withdrawing his name from consideration for Homeland Security secretary "was the right thing to do."

Homeland security nominee withdrawsupdated: Fri Dec 10 2004 22:07:00

One week after President Bush nominated him to be secretary of homeland security, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik withdrew from consideration Friday night after discovering a former household employee had a questionable immigration status.

Profile of Bernard Kerikupdated: Fri Dec 03 2004 19:26:00

Bernard Kerik, who rose up the ranks from a New York City street cop to a cabinet appointee, can be summed up in a word by those who know him: Tough.

Bush's pick for top security jobupdated: Fri Dec 03 2004 15:12:00

If President Bush is looking for a figure who embodies his message, he couldn't do any better than he did this week with the political Play of the Week.

Rumsfeld to remain in Cabinetupdated: Fri Dec 03 2004 12:40:00

At the urging of President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has agreed to remain in his Cabinet post, a senior administration official said Friday.

CNNMoney: More government business for Taser?updated: Fri Dec 03 2004 11:59:00

Some investors in stun gun maker Taser are betting that the nomination of Bernard Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security could lead to some big government contracts for the company.

Bush nominates Kerik for Homeland Securityupdated: Fri Dec 03 2004 08:56:00

President Bush on Friday nominated former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of homeland security.

Bush to tap Kerik for Homeland Securityupdated: Thu Dec 02 2004 17:10:00

President Bush will nominate former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of homeland security, two administration officials said Thursday.

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