Bernard Kerik, Trump ally and former NYPD commissioner, dies at 69, source says

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6. Felon.

He was nominated to be Homeland Security secretary by President George W. Bush in 2004 but later withdrew from consideration due to potential tax violations and a former household employee’s questionable immigration status.

Kerik pleaded guilty to misdemeanor ethics violations related to gifts he received while leading the city corrections department in 2006. He was fined for accepting $165,000 in gifts from a construction firm. In November 2007, Kerik was indicted on federal corruption charges, and he pleaded not guilty to 16 counts, including conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements.

In 2009, he pleaded guilty to eight fe'ony charges, including tax fraud and lying to White House officials and was later sentenced to 48 months in prison. Kerik was released from federal prison for good behavior after serving three years, and he released a memoir in 2015.

Gallagher was convicted of bringing discredit to the armed services after posing next to a dead ISIS fighter’s body, which is against regulations. He was then demoted in rank – a decision Trump later reversed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/politics/bernard-kerik-dies-nypd-commissioner