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Kerik: “I Have Made Mistakes”

A subdued Bernie Kerik, the man who’s taught Rudy Giuliani the value of background checks, made an appearance on Fox News today.

After weighing in on the Iran hostage resolution and inveighing against Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Syria, Kerik was finally asked about reports that he was the target of a federal investigation.

He responded by rattling off every award and citation he’d received in his long public service career, allowed that he’d “made mistakes” (to which he’d pled guilty), and cautioned that “the U.S. attorney may do an investigation, he does not have to push criminal charges.”

Unfortunately for Kerik, while the U.S. attorney doesn’t have to charge him, it seems very likely that Kerik will eventually be indicted.

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