The Washington Post has a story about a corruption triangle that involves Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and a new player on the scene Larry Ray. The full article is a recommended read.
Kerik was one of Giuliani's closest advisers. In 2000, Giuliani appointed him New York City Police Commissioner which ultimately led to this unforunate incident. He was later nominated to be Secretary of Homeland Security by President Bush on the reccomendation of Giuliani; until his past caught up with him.
Larry Ray was one of Kerik's best friends, and the two of them partook in a number of shady and illegal business dealings. Ray eventually sold out Kerik to federal authorities which was the beginning of the end for Kerik; and Giuliani.
Some excerpts:
As Kerik was rising to become New York's police commissioner, Ray was in touch with him regularly -- lending him money, discussing possible business opportunities, and using Ray's contacts in Russia to arrange a meeting for Giuliani with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Kerik has pleaded guilty to state ethics charges and is under federal indictment. And Ray, a convicted felon now in prison on a parole violation, has turned on his former friend. He has provided to state and federal authorities half a dozen boxes of e-mails, memos, faxes, financial statements, photographs and other materials about Kerik's alleged wrongdoing.
That evidence, reviewed by The Washington Post, shows that Kerik brought Ray into contact with Giuliani on a handful of occasions documented in photos and that he invoked Giuliani's name in connection with a New Jersey construction company with alleged mob ties that is now at the heart of the criminal cases.
Ray provided law enforcement officials with photos of the gathering that showed himself, Gorbachev, Giuliani and Kerik at City Hall as well as a letter from Gorbachev via an interpreter thanking him for arranging the New York visit. In addition, Ray provided copies of memos showing that he coordinated the visit with Kerik.
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