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October 21, 2009

Kerik Jailed Ahead of Criminal Trials
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And in New York, former police commissioner Bernard Kerik has been
jailed ahead of three criminal trials on corruption, conspiracy and tax
fraud charges. On Tuesday, Judge Stephen Robinson revoked Kerik’s bail
and ordered him detained for allegedly releasing sealed information in
an attempt to win public sympathy. A Kerik associate had sent the sealed
material to the Washington Times in the hopes that news coverage would
cast doubt on the prosecution’s case. In jailing Kerik, Judge Robinson
described him as a “toxic combination of self-minded focus and
arrogance.”



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