Trump's pardon of Bernie Kerik also apparently wiped out Kerik's $103,300 debt to taxpayers

[Dennis Donovan]

https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-pardon-bernie-kerik-apparently-064346806.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca

Peter Weber
The Week • February 19, 2020

President Trump granted a full pardon to former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik on Tuesday, clearing him of his eight counts of tax fraud, lying to federal investigators, and other crimes that accompanied his downfall. Kerik had already served his three years in prison for his crimes, but the pardon wipes out more than his criminal record, the New York Daily News reports. "The pardon cancels out $103,300 in restitution that Kerik still owed the Internal Revenue Service as part of his sentence, according to a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan."

The White House credited Kerik's friend and former boss in New York City, Rudy Giuliani — now Trump's personal lawyer and Ukraine fixer — for helping persuade Trump to pardon Kerik. Another friend of both Kerik and Trump, Newsmax chief executive Christopher Ruddy, told the Daily News that Trump's pardon was "a just decision" in light of Kerik's "minor stuff" crimes.

One of Kerik's former colleagues in the Giuliani administration, NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, recalled Kerik's multifaceted downfall from heroic 9/11 figure to flamed-out reject for Homeland Security secretary slightly differently back in late 2004, The New Yorker recounted: "Officials have gotten into trouble for sexual misconduct, abusing their authority, personal bankruptcy, failure to file documents, waste of public funds, receiving substantial unrecorded gifts, and association with organized crime figures. It is rare for anyone to be under fire on all seven of the above issues."

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[Iliyah]

1. Tax payers get screwed again . . .

[jberryhill]

3. Not really

Considering that he didn't have the money, taxpayers weren't going to see a dime of that. On the other hand, taxpayers were carrying the expense of keeping him in jail.

So on a strict "taxpayer impact" assessment, it's a savings.

There are other reasons to be opposed to Trump sending a message to every corrupt slimeball "get on my side and I'll help you", but this one is more symbolic than actual.

[underpants]

7. Will he have money from a book and speaking engagements?

Asking for a friend

[jberryhill]

10. If someone wants to pay him for that

You need to start associating with a better class of friends.

[Botany]

2. But really what we all need to know is what about Hillary's email server?

We are so far down the rabbit hole of having a crime family in the White House that it is impossible
to understand just what has happened to the rule of law.

[safeinOhio]

4. Mexico will pay it.

[Doreen]

5. That is probably what he paid trump to get pardoned.

[underpants]

8. It recoups most of the $130k to Stormy

Not saying, just saying.

[Doreen]

9. ..

[underpants]

6. Lest we forget the whole - using an apartment for 9/11 responders to have an affair

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13000996

[Faux pas]

11. Kickin' with disgust!

[UTUSN]

12. K&R