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...Kerik's troubles were only beginning. He soon faced questions from the state of New York about allegedly taking bribes while at the corrections division. Not long after, the Department of Justice began its own probe. In 2005 Kerik resigned from Giuliani Partners...
...There was one notable flameout: in 2003 Kerik went to Baghdad and Amman to help train Iraqi police but walked out on the job after only a few months. However, the Giuliani halo was still strong enough in late 2004 for George W. Bush to nominate Kerik as the replacement for departing Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. It had begun as Giuliani's idea, of course, and the White House glommed onto it quickly. At first, the pick seemed to confirm nothing so much as Giuliani's rising star in his party's heavens. But within a few days, problems...
...Kerik pleaded not guilty to all charges. Giuliani quickly acknowledged his error in promoting Kerik. Standing with two former U.S. Attorneys in front of a county courthouse in Dubuque, Iowa, Giuliani said, "I regret the fact that I didn't do a better job of vetting him, and I've apologized to the President for that...
...There is some evidence that Giuliani had at least a hint of his top cop's darker connections. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the man who oversaw the vetting of Kerik to be police commissioner in 2000 was aware of Kerik's ties to Interstate Industrial. According to his notes, the investigator, Edward Kuriansky, briefed both Giuliani and his chief counsel on the matter. Giuliani told a state grand jury last year that while he recalled Kuriansky's briefing, he had no recollection of hearing about Kerik's relationship with the firm or its principals. (Kuriansky...
...Giuliani too close to Kerik to ask hard questions? Giuliani's rivals certainly pointed to Kerik's indictment as a signal that something isn't jake in the storied House of Rudy. "Very sad and disappointing," said Romney. McCain ally Tom Ridge, a straight arrow who turned down a chance to be on the Republican ticket in 1996 because he did not believe he was ready for the job of Vice President, was sharper. "We're not talking about some urban city patronage job," said Ridge. "That's not what a Cabinet Secretary's about...