{"id":2440801,"date":"2025-05-30T08:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernard-kerik-former-nypd-chief-during-9-11-dead-at-69-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T08:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:20:06","slug":"bernard-kerik-former-nypd-chief-during-9-11-dead-at-69-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernard-kerik-former-nypd-chief-during-9-11-dead-at-69-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Kerik, former NYPD chief during 9\/11, dead at 69 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernard-kerik-former-nypd-chief-during-9-11-dead-at-69-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Bernard Kerik,a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) commissioner,passed away at the age of 69. Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1955, Kerik grew up in Paterson and dropped out of school in 1972 to join the U.S. Army. He joined the NYPD in 1986 and became notable when Mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed him as his bodyguard during the 1993 election campaign. Kerik served as the NYC Department of Corrections head before being appointed as the city&#8217;s police commissioner in 2000.He was in charge during the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, responding quickly and effectively to the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>After his distinguished career, Kerik faced legal troubles. In 2007, he was indicted for tax fraud and other charges, eventually pleading guilty and serving time in prison. He received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump in 2020. Giuliani, reflecting on Kerik&#8217;s legacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-shooting-gunman-dead-security-guard-killed-in-legacy-good-samaritan-hospital-active-shooter-event\/\" title=\"Portland shooting: Gunman killed, security guard slain in hospital shooting.\">expressed deep sorrow<\/a> at his passing, emphasizing the close bond they shared, particularly during the tumultuous times following 9\/11.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bernard Kerik, former NYPD chief during 9\/11, dead at 69<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2134569\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former New York Police Department commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/bernard-kerik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bernard Kerik<\/a> died on Thursday. He was 69 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Kerik was born in Newark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey<\/a>, in 1955. His family later moved to Paterson, New Jersey, and he grew up in the city. He attended Eastside High School, which would later gain recognition due the 1989 film <em>Lean on Me<\/em>. Kerik eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/washington\/2004-12-02-kerik-homeland-security_x.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropped<\/a> out of school in 1972 and later joined the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3426065\/wes-moore-rising-star-speak-south-carolina-democrats-dinner\/\">Wes Moore in prime time: Rising star to speak at South Carolina Democrats&#8217; dinner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3426058\/pence-group-aaf-tells-hill-republicans-ignore-wildly-inaccurate-cbo\/\">Pence group AAF tells Hill Republicans to ignore &lsquo;wildly inaccurate&rsquo; CBO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423898\/one-year-after-hush-money-conviction-trump-battles-lawfare\/\">One year after his hush money conviction in New York, Trump battles lawfare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After serving abroad, Kerik joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NYPD<\/a> in 1986. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani later chose Kerik to be his bodyguard during his 1993 mayoral campaign, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. Later, as mayor, Giuliani appointed him to head the New York City Department of Corrections in 1998. He held the position until 2000 when Giuliani again promoted him to the city&rsquo;s new police commissioner. <\/p>\n<p>Kerik was police commissioner during the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 and remained in the position until the end of the year, when Giuliani&rsquo;s term expired. <\/p>\n<p>The former mayor was emotional when speaking about Kerik during his show on Thursday. He said he was like his &ldquo;brother&rdquo; and that he was better for knowing him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been together since the beginning,&rdquo; Giuliani <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RudyGiuliani\/status\/1928240333298749920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> on his talk show on Thursday after learning of Kerik&rsquo;s death. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s like my brother. I was a better man for having known Bernie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also acknowledged Kerik&rsquo;s actions immediately following the 9\/11 attacks. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was at my side within 20 minutes of the attack and never left,&rdquo; Giuliani added. <\/p>\n<p>Giuliani posted a tribute to Kerik on his X account.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am heartbroken over the loss of my dear friend Bernie Kerik. He was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-suing-nfl-over-video-tweets-claiming-he-shot-black-suspect-because-of-systemic-racism\/\" title=\"Police Officer Suing NFL Over Video, Tweets Claiming He Shot Black Suspect Because Of \u2018Systemic Racism\u2019\">decorated police officer<\/a>, Corrections commissioner and NYC police commissioner during the worst terrorist attack on American soil. Bernie oversaw the biggest evacuation of a city during this time. His work in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeFDm7Dj1t\">pic.twitter.com\/NeFDm7Dj1t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGiuliani\/status\/1928276725437452339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In his later years, Kerik experienced a fall from grace and was sentenced to prison.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, he was indicted by a grand jury on tax fraud charges and making false statements about his income, according to multiple reports. In 2009, he pleaded guilty in <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.fbi.gov\/archives\/newyork\/press-releases\/2010\/nyfo021810.htm#:~:text=KERIK%2C%20the%20former%20Commissioner%20of,States%20District%20Judge%20STEPHEN%20C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">connection<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-must-act-matt-gaetz-to-introduce-bill-defunding-jack-smith-investigation-targeting-trump\/\" title=\"&#039;Must Act Now&#039;: Gaetz to Introduce Bill Defunding Trump-Targeted Investigation\">numerous felony charges<\/a>, including &ldquo;obstructing and impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws from 1999 to 2007,&rdquo; &ldquo;one count of aiding in the preparation of a false tax return,&rdquo; and &ldquo;five counts of making false statements to the federal government.&rdquo; He was <a href=\"https:\/\/archives.fbi.gov\/archives\/newyork\/press-releases\/2010\/nyfo021810.htm#:~:text=KERIK%2C%20the%20former%20Commissioner%20of,States%20District%20Judge%20STEPHEN%20C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to four years in prison and three years of supervised release as part of his conditional probation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3424959\/alabama-attorney-general-steve-marshall-launches-run-tuberville-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ALABAMA AG STEVE MARSHALL LAUNCHES RUN FOR TUBERVILLE SENATE SEAT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a very sad day when the former Commissioner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >greatest police department<\/a> in the world is sentenced to prison for base criminal conduct,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said at the time regarding Kerik&rsquo;s crimes. &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s sentencing of Bernard Kerik is one of the most powerful recent reminders that no one in this country is above the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kerik would eventually be pardoned for his crimes by President Donald Trump during the last year of his first term in February 2020. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2134569\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2134569\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Kerik, ex-NYPD chief during 9\/11, passes away at 69<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2440802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap23165565786240-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56199,56198,6703],"class_list":["post-2440801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-9-11-2","tag-bernard-kerik","tag-nypd"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap23165565786240-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440801"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440805,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440801\/revisions\/2440805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}