Former NYPD commish indicted for lying to White House

Federal prosecutors said today that former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik has been indicted on charges of lying to officials from the Bush White House when they vetted him to run the Department of Homeland Suckyurity.

Yes, I know the Bush White House lied to everyone else for 8 years, but still it doesn't look good for Kerik.

Kerik served as police commish under the grossly incompetent Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Prosecutors say he hid renovations to his home made by contractors who wanted to do business with the city.

This adds to Kerik's other indictments - which include tax fraud, corruption, and conspiracy.

Of course, Kerik's lawyer says the whole thing is politically motivated.

Oh well. Another day, another GOP big shot indicted.

Maybe the bigger crime is that Kerik was ever considered for the DHS post at all.

(Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/27/new.york.kerik.indicted;
http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/27/bernie-kerik-indicted-for-lying-to-white-house)