In November 2009, Bernie Kerik pleaded guilty to two counts of tax fraud, one count of making a false statement on a loan application and five separate counts of making false statements to the federal government. Two of the charges related to statements Kerik made to the White House while the Bush administration was considering him to lead the Department of Homeland Security. He also agreed to pay restitution of $187,931.
What about the other well known people who have made mistakes?
The abbreviated list:
Tim Geitner said the "tax system that is so large and so complex that there is not one person on earth who can honestly claim to understand it." Former New York Federal Reserve President and current Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geitner, failed to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on his income while working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) between 2001 and 2004, along with the revelation that during the time the nanny, who took care of his children as an employee working for him, had her Green Card expired and went three months before renewing it. In addition I believe there was also something mentioned about his attempting to claim a deduction for his child's summer camp expenses even though such a deduction was not allowed under the tax code. President Obama says it was "an honest mistake."
Representative Charles B. Rangel failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income and assets on his financial disclosure forms for 2002 through 2006, including tens of thousands of dollars in rental income from a Harlem brownstone he sold in 2004, according to records filed this month with the clerk of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Rangel, who is facing investigations by two House subcommittees into his personal finances and fund-raising, filed amended financial disclosure forms on Aug. 12 acknowledging that he had omitted an array of assets, business transactions and sources of income. They include a Merrill Lynch Global account valued between $250,000 and $500,000; tens of thousands of dollars in municipal bonds; and $30,000 to $100,000 in rent from a multifamily brownstone building he owned on West 132nd Street. Simply and oversight.
Chris Dodd, Senator from Connecticut, Countrywide documents, said that the company made two loans to Dodd in 2003, shaving three-eights of a point off of a $506,000 loan to refinance a townhouse in Washington. The discount saved Dodd about $2,000 in interest payment. A second loan to refinance a house in Connecticut was written at a quarter point off the going rate, saving the Senator about $700 a year. Dodd said there was nothing wrong with this, let's see sitting Senator Chariman of the Banking Committee? whom?? I guess thats OK?
In 1994 Senator Dodd became one-third owner of a 10-acre estate, then valued at $160,000, on the island of Inishnee on Galway Bay.
Senator Dodd and Mr. Downe are long-time friends, and in 1986 they had purchased a condominium together in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Downe is also quite the character. The year before the Galway deal, in 1993, he pleaded guilty to insider trading and securities fraud and in 1994 agreed to pay the SEC $11 million in a civil settlement. The crimes were felonies and in 2001, as President Clinton was getting ready to leave office, Mr. Dodd successfully lobbied the White House for a full pardon for Mr. Downe.
Senator Tom Daschle, an Obama nominee, said he had “no excuse” and wanted to “deeply apologize” for his failure to pay $128,000 in federal taxes.
Hilda Solis Labor Secretary was delayed in the wake of a report saying that her husband needed to settle tax liens against his business -- including liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years.
Where is long tome friend and ally Rudy Giuliani, the godfather of Bernie Kerick's children? Former Business partner and co-founder of Giuliani Partners. Rudy the silence is deafening!
Bernie Kerick freely admits his wrong doing, that is more than I can say for the above mentioned list.
The case is being appealed. If the appeal fails President Obama should pardon Bernie Kerick before he darkens the doors of a federal prison.
Bernie Kerick is Hero in New York, He is a Cop's Cop. This is not Justice!
The hypocrisy is sickening. They think saying it was an honest mistake is ok. I never had that luxury in my 25 years in law enforcement.
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