CNN reports:
Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, has died at the age of 69, according to the New York Police Department and a source close to Kerik. Kerik, a Trump ally who once served three years in federal prison for charges including tax fraud and lying to officials, was pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2020.
Kerik teamed up with former New York City mayor and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election to search for evidence of voter fraud. An attorney for Kerik later said in a letter to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol that “Mr. Kerik was hired by former-President Donald Trump’s legal team, to act as an investigator tasked to look into claims of election fraud.”
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In 2022, Kerik testified to the House January 6 committee about a “MAGA campaign of harassment and intimidation against election officials.”
Kerik last appeared here in 2023 when he demanded immunity in return for his testimony about fake elector plots in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
The NYPD is mourning the passing of former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
For nearly two decades, Kerik served and protected New Yorkers in the NYPD, including helping rebuild the city in the aftermath of 9/11.
We offer our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/DG4EuFVloN
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 30, 2025
Bernie Kerik was a true warrior who worked tirelessly to keep the streets safe. Just heartbreaking.
Prayers for his family https://t.co/uPvBmINoJT
— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) May 30, 2025