Kerik Pleads Guilty to Accepting Gifts
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A year and a half after his Homeland Security nomination sank over ethics questions, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to charges of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts while he was a top city official.
Kerik was convicted on a pair of misdemeanors in a deal that spared him any jail time. He instead was ordered to pay $221,000 in fines at the 10-minute hearing. The plea bargain allows Kerik to continue his new career as a security consultant in the Middle East.
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