Why, if the story is about Kerik and tax evasion, does it show Bush? Were there no pictures available of Kerik alone?

Once again, you are repeating what Giuliani is saying without verifying the facts. Please stop allowing politicians to lie without presenting the truth.

Another crook masquerading as a "Hero of 911".

Bush in the picture because Bush wanted to nominate him to head Homeland Security.

I guess every person in the country that ever commits a crime, commits a crime because of gw. what a loaded crappy story typical of abcnews

talk about going after some petty stuff ! what ridiculous allegations.

yeah, like the person who wrote this story never cheated on their taxes. or speeds when they drive.

kerik is a dirtbag, but so are most people.

nothing to see here.

typical ab*c n*ews liberal agenda article. i guess every criminal in the country choose to become a criminal because of gw. this has to be the worst reporting I have seen here since this morning.

I am so glad to see the government spending so much of my money on Kerik- next thing we will hear is that he drove the planes on 9/11.

He may have made mistakes, he may have broken the law- but you have to look at everything not just a few quick lines of an indictment.

Why not go after Jesse Jackson, Sharpton, they misuse funds also.

Kerik was fabulous regarding everything with 9/11 and with N.Y. in general in reducing the crime.

He is gifted in that respect and this redecorating crap needs to be thrown under the table.

There are many cities in the U.S. that needs talented well educated men like Kerik and it's a shame with crime as abundant as it is that we are focusing on this petty crap.

We need good people like Kerik and I wished we had him in our crime filled, crack city Nashville, TN. Murders everyday.
Good Luck Kerik, I for one am praying for you to beat this.

If all the crooked cops were imprisoned, then the prison population would rise from 2.3MILLION to 3MILLION.

That's it? Not paying taxes on free renovations and rent? And this shows what about Giuliani's judgemnt for hiring someone?

I mean I could understand if people questioned his judgement if he had hired Kerik after he was caught doing something like "Stealing and Destroying Classified Documents from the National Archive before he had to testify in front of a Select Commission about his failure as the National Security Adviser to prevent 9/11.

I know why Bush is in the picture...because its his fault like everything else! Are you libs happy now?

Atop the article, it says "Richard Esposito Reports". I'm sorry, but this really reads like more of a commentary. Very disappointing news standards here.

Heck, he's not the only police official who doesn't always obey the law(s). The police chief of Fletcher, NC, pulled out of the town hall parking lot and crossed the lanes without signalling on the afternoon of Oct 18th. Of course he'd deny it, but based on his past history, I wouldn't believe much of what he says. That's in addition to his being the most incompetent police officer I've met in my 76 years.

Good heavens - the guys a crook.

i thought you conservatives are "tough" on crime? sounds like you are all hypocrits to me

I would suggest Bernie and Rudy get dressed up in " Drag " and get married .

Kerik is a crook, plain and simple. He is typical of many of the east coast politicos who think that petty graft is somehow a right because they hold public office.

The good things done by Bernie Kerik are in no way erased by his supposed crimes. Interesting how the politicized prosecutors attack with little or no reason. Good lesson for anyone interested in politics: If you ever spit on the sidewalk the democrats will find out about it and crucify you. To the gentleman in NC. Who cares what you think about your local Police Chief. What did your Chief's driving have to do with Kerik? Get a life.

Kerik is a crook just like his former boss. I'm so tired of listening to people say what a wonderful job these guys did in NYC. All they did was ride the coat tails of an economy which produced all the results they are now being credited for. When the economy booms more people work, and when more people work they have more money, when people have more money there is less crime. It was a national trend at the time and now people are too dumb to figure it out. These guys are bullies and they are crooks and I'm glad to see one of them getting their just desserts.

Once he's found guilty, MAKE HIM AN EXAMPLE (meaning, "THROW THE BOOK AT HIM")!!!

wow, a lot of nothing excuses from people who can't seem to handle the truth -- that this sworn law enforcement official and Giulani main man is a criminal... and about to go down. too bad, he coulda been a contenda'!

Interesting that Brian Ross reports has anti-Republican candidate reports, anti-Obama reports, but can't find any shadyness with Hillary. Maybe if those archived documents were released at the Clinton Library Brian might have something to report. Might have are the key words - will he - probably not. Brian Hillary Ross keep up the bias you apparently have that going for you.

Don't you love it when the W Worshiping dirtballs link in from the DRUDGE REPORT.

The Guy is a criminal just like Mob Boss Gouhliani and Coke Dealer Bush.

Seems to me I have seen this fellow in a photo with Hillary Klinton, too. Why wasn't that photo shown, since she is his Senator. I am far from an unabashed apologist for Bush, but come on! Any other pathological way to bash this guy, ABC?

Kerik's willingness to give up his INTEGRITY…., his senses that he was "entitled" as all the MOVERS believe they are “entitled” allowed this to happen. A shame? Yes. A lesson to be learned….. “Just do the next right thing” comes to mind. We all need a buffer, someone who will tell us the truth in our behavior. He must go thru this, (fessing up to this mistake) as we all must in life.

Oh…. and George….? He was just shooting from the hip, nothing new there. The decision was based on other people’s thoughts….. an a assumption. We all know what that brings.
Lets all move on……

Good for ABC for even reporting this story, the pic of him next to Bush is relevent in that Bush's friends do seem to all be criminals found out eventually. Look at his Vice President!
The media has a responsibility to report all of the facts, not just those that please this administration. Now if we could get ABC to investigate Bush's crimes against humanity. Don't believe me, READ the U.N. Charter that the US signed. Bush has broken articles 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 19, 20, and the 21st article.Look it up, then decided why it's not important to investigate this administrations actions "on our behalf". Shameful abuse of power..

A picture emerges in which shows Bush rewarding those who helped pull off 911, when he wanted to make him Homeland Commissioner. Guiliani is as much involved. Bush will pardon the Libby clone.

I cannot understand the excuse that other people have done it or do it.

He apparently has broken the law on several occassions.

Is that behavior something we should find acceptable? Please let me know so that I can begin taking $100 to 300K a year in kickbacks from contractors.

Just because he had a failing in one part of his life doesn't mean that he couldn't do good and shouldn't be recognized for doing great things in another. Look at all the people in the Bible that screwed up, but God still used them to do great things in other areas. King David sent a man on a suicide mission in war so that he could steal the mans wife!

Dennis G.:

Because ABC news is biased against the Bush Admin. They could easily have cropped the photo, just like the A.P. likes to make up their own news photos. It's obviously not hard to edit photos.

It's funny how you apologists want to make it seem that it is a "liberal" conspiracy to get Kerik.

I guess having your apartment renovations paid for by mob-connected firms while being Corrections/Police Commissioner is okay?

Hiring an illegal immigrant, then lying?

Come on, you Conservatives no better than that.

Seems like a nonsense case. not paying taxes on rent paid by someone else? What B.S. We are becoming a police state.

This guy is a national hero and they are going to send him to jail for not paying enough taxes on an apartment???
I would have more respect for Mr. Guiliani if he pointed that out instead of bailing on his friend and a true patriot... Very sad...

Bernie's buddy, Steakhouse Eddie Norris, who was once NYPD's Chief of Detectives, did the same thing when he came to Maryland and became head of the State Police and Baltimore Police. He pled guilty to Federal charges of using widow's & ophan's money to pay for $3K steakhouse dinners and gifts for his girlfriends. He did a year in the federal pen and is now claiming he was railroaded. High ranking NYPD officials believe that a little graft/criminal misconduct is the norm. It always comes back to haunt them.

Ok sounds great, but can anyone demonstrate proof that any law, regulation, congressional action exists to pay a mandatory income tax?

Rudy had it all planned. Get Bernie the Homeland gig. Imagine the billions in security-related contracts he would have steered to greedy profiteers lined up by Giuliani Partners. They would have been building fences to keep immigrants out of the US, selling high-tech surveillance equipment to domestic government agencies and foreign nations/clients by the shipload--and playing on their fear (Giuliani's diabolical trump card). Bernie would there giving the nod to the favored profiteer business men and corporations, while Guliani lined them up and, for a considerable fee, made sure that Bernie awarded them inflated contracts, guaranteed to come with over-runs. Bernie could have had all the woman he wanted and free renovations in 50 homes, where he would have taken them for R&R. You know, you need a lot of relaxation when you're so busy protecting everyone from terror.

Why does everyone have to make a such a big political issue over the matter? The story is of interest because of the high political connections, but it doesn't implicate anyone other than Kerik. Plain and simple - he did something he wasn't supposed to be doing and now he is being held accountable. The fact that he was a high level official makes it even more so. If you are in that position don't do those kind of things.

He and his friend Giuliani should both be in jail, they are morally deficient and self-serving, preying on the fears of New Yorkers after those attacks.