Donald Trump’s pardon of former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik didn’t just clear him of his past crimes, it also saved him a good chunk of change. The New York Daily News writes:
“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.”
To reiterate, he doesn’t have to pay taxpayers back for crimes in which he pleaded guilty. And he has Donald Trump to thank for it. The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly says:
To be fair to President Trump, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik did not do anything he himself has not long been accused of doing as a matter of routine.
All Kerik did was lie, evade taxes, consort with organized-crime types, use public office to seek financial reward, make false statements to banks, gin up charitable contributions, and obstruct justice.
After receiving the pardon Kerik released this statement: