Judge Revokes Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik's Bail

If this all turns out to be true, former New York Police commissioner Bernard Kerik goes from 911 heroism to prison for all kinds of corruption in what will be a most historic fall from grace for a man who really seemed to be one of the real good guys to most, who turns out is just another pork filled, run of the mill, white collar crook.

How sad as I liked the man. This is his mug shot from this morning from the New York Daily News.

NewsMax: "WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A federal judge on Tuesday revoked bail for former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik and sent him to jail to await a corruption trial scheduled to start next week.

Calling Kerik 'a toxic combination of self-minded focus and arrogance,' Judge Stephen Robinson said he was revoking the $500,000 bail because Kerik disclosed sealed case information to the trustee of his legal defense fund.

The trustee shared some of the secret information with the Washington Times, which didn't publish it. The judge said he did not believe Kerik's claim that the trustee had been hired as a lawyer and was therefore allowed to see the information. more

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