Sunday, December 19, 2004

I GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT WITHHOLDING AIN'T ONE

In case you missed the Kerik news this weekend, the New York Post revealed that in the mid-'90s, when Kerik was corrections commissioner, Jeanette Pinero, his longtime girlfriend (pre- and post-marriage, post-9/11), was one of many Corrections Department employees to fill out a W-4 with 99 exemptions; many department employees were caught, but only some were disciplined (or even arrested) -- and Pinero wasn't one of them. And the Daily News said that Kerik reportedly sent an e-mail message to Lawrence Ray with inside information on the city's investigation into whether Ray and his company were linked to the mob; it seems likely that Kerik also gave inside information on city contracts to Frank DiTomasso, Ray's boss, in violation of city policy. On and on....

(Via Steve Gilliard.)

UPDATE: And there's also this, from Newsday: Taxpayer Dollars May Have Paid Kerik's Wedding Security. (Via Democratic Underground.)

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