Bernie Kerik Still Denies Charges Weeks Before Prison

NEW YORK — Weeks before he's scheduled to report to prison, former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik says he doesn't feel that he has betrayed the public's trust.

Kerik told WPIX-TV in an interview to be broadcast Thursday and Friday that he believes he was targeted in attempts to hurt Rudy Giuliani and he still considers the former mayor a friend.

Kerik pleaded guilty in November to eight felonies, including tax fraud and lying to the White House while being vetted for the job of Homeland Security chief in 2004. He's scheduled to begin serving a four-year prison term next month.

But Kerik tells WPIX that he never used his office for personal gain.

He says being behind bars will be a disappointment and embarrassing, but he says he'll "deal with it one day at a time."

Comments

[StupidPeopleSuck]

09:45 AM on 04/18/2010

This guy would have fit in so well with the rest of the Bush crime family.

[pbnyc59]

06:49 PM on 04/17/2010

So he thinks his best man at his wedding, Mayor 9/11, is still a friend, even though he did attend his trial or sentencing.

[kjallyn]

09:39 AM on 04/17/2010

Every time I see his name in print, I do a little jig of joy....he didn't just end his own malignant career, he ended Rudy's too. I get a flash-fry of pure love every time I think on it.

[Bushwhacked]

11:10 AM on 04/17/2010

He looks like a tea-party extremist.

[collies1]

11:35 PM on 04/16/2010

Lets investigate his Iraq adventure.He was hired to train the police. Lets look at that because they were still being trained after he left and found out that they were clueless.What did he do??? How much did it cost us???

[jessicajuliette]

09:18 PM on 04/16/2010

will Rudy be allowed conjugal visits to Bernie?

[choot]

02:47 PM on 04/16/2010

Yeah, not guilty just like Shrub and his _Dick..

[robjh1]

02:05 PM on 04/16/2010

They all say they've done nothing wrong. Oh well.

[hrc04]

02:03 PM on 04/16/2010

Yeah, you sit in jail and think about that one.

[Jazz88105]

01:29 PM on 04/16/2010

So what he joins all the other skells who also did nothing wrong. He should be right at home.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

01:16 PM on 04/16/2010

Tack on a few more months.

[Infoseeker9]

01:13 PM on 04/16/2010

Where is the line between pleading guilty to 8 felonies and not betraying the public's trust? Is it just a matter of semantics?

[Chazmania]

01:12 PM on 04/16/2010

But Bush Cheney and Rice etc etc etc all got to lie and get away with it? WHY?
Answer this for me Americans! and don't make stuff up as you go!
explain to me the difference! When a lie is not a lie in America!
America has NO creditability left! not one shred!

[Bushwhacked]

11:13 AM on 04/17/2010

Yeah, I'm waiting for THAT accountability too. Don't hold your breath. Yellow cake? WMDs?

[Alfredo Zapata]

12:23 PM on 04/16/2010

Man up Kerik. If Martha can do it, you can too!

[LetMeUnderstandThis]

12:12 PM on 04/16/2010

Hey Bernie how many people have said the same thing. Don't forget your soap on the rope.

[jeffp26]

11:46 AM on 04/16/2010

Sounds like Kerik thinks he's David Paterson, or his friend Rudy.

Both are criminals who have yet to be indicted. Kerik is the fall guy.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

01:17 PM on 04/16/2010

Then he should have flipped.
Instead, he plead.
No dice.