Outstanding arrest warrant for Bernie Kerik?

[Pirate Smile]

On MSNBC, Newsweek reporter Mark Hosenball is saying that they faxed a 1998 arrest warrant for Kerik for a judgment for condo fees (or something like that) that had not ever been resolved to the WH last night.

Four hours later Kerik withdraws. The reporter said the nanny issue had been in the works for the last couple of days.

Kerik has a lot of stuff in his closets.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6697161/site/newsweek/

"But there may have been other issues at play. Kerik, who recently made millions in the private sector, once filed for personal bankruptcy as a New York cop. And just five years ago he was in financial trouble over a condominium he owned in New Jersey. More serious trouble than anyone realized: NEWSWEEK has discovered that a New Jersey judge in 1998 had issued an arrest warrant as part of a convoluted series of lawsuits relating to unpaid bills on his condo. The magazine faxed documents, including the arrest warrant, over to the White House around 6:00 p.m. Friday, asking for comment. Neither Kerik nor the White House had any immediate response. At 8:30 p.m., Kerik had submitted his letter to the president.

Sources close to Kerik and the White House insist the arrest warrant was not the reason Kerik withdrew. The immediate cause was the nanny problem, the sources say, the same issue that took down Bill Clinton’s nomination of Zoe Baird to be Attorney General in 1993. Kerik explained to the White House that while he was preparing documents for his Senate confirmation hearings, he uncovered information “that now leads me,” he wrote, “to question the immigration status” of someone he had been employing as a housekeeper and nanny. For a period of time, Kerik reported, “required tax payments and related filings had not been made.” According to a Kerik associate, having this kind of nanny problem would have been untenable for the head of the Homeland Security department, which oversees the government's immigration agencies.


The lawsuit relating to Kerik’s apartment stems from his failure to pay maintenance fees. A court found that Kerik owed about $5,000 on the unit. When Kerik failed to comply with a subpoena related to the unpaid bill, a judge on Aug. 24, 1998 issued a warrant for Kerik’s arrest. It is unclear whether the warrant was ever served or withdrawn. Court computer records indicate that the lawsuit remains open, but there was some confusion on Friday over the location of the full record.

Kerik was also coming under close scrutiny for his windfall profit from stock options in Taser International, a company that makes high-voltage stun guns. He netted more than $6 million on the options, without ever having invested any of his own money. Kerik joined the Taser board after leaving his police commissioner’s job in 2002 . New York City was a purchaser of the stun guns, as was the Department of Homeland Security. Kerik sold the stock in early November, shortly before an Amnesty International report charged that there had been more than 70 Taser-related deaths since 2001.

[leetrisck]

1. If he had deserted from the military (like bush)

there wouldn't have been a problem. The biggest criminal resides in the White House.

[oneighty]

2. Yes.

But he had a lot of cool ear piercing while being undercover cop in the drug business. Lotta money to be made there-in.

[Why Syzygy]

3. Sounds like

a perfectly perfect job reference for this MISADMISTRATION:

he uncovered information “that now leads me,” he wrote, “to question the immigration status” of someone he had been employing as a housekeeper and nanny. For a period of time, Kerik reported, “required tax payments and related filings had not been made.” According to a Kerik associate, having this kind of nanny problem would have been untenable for the head of the Homeland Security department, which oversees the government's immigration agencies.


Woo-haw Newsweek. The Media awakes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. So it was Clinton's fault

" The immediate cause was the nanny problem, the sources say, the same issue that took down Bill Clinton’s nomination of Zoe Baird to be Attorney General in 1993"

Notice how the media manages to slip in those little anti Clinton jabs ?

[stopbush]

6. Bingo! If they feel the need to draw parallels, why not point out

that Kerik was just another in a long line of unqualified ideological sycophants that * has nominated to high positions? They could also point out that unless the RW nut withdraws his nomination the Dems in Congress will roll over and allow them to be appointed.

[YDogg]

5. Sweet ...

... more evidence that crooks attract crooks.