Article: Investigators say Kerik didn't fill out background form as New York police commissioner


AP Worldstream
12-17-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
Bernard Kerik, who withdrew his nomination for homeland security secretary after disclosing that he had not paid all required taxes for a nanny, did not fill out a background form when he was appointed New York City police commissioner in 2000, city officials said.

The Department of Investigation said it is examining Kerik's tenure as head of the New York Police Department under former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani but declined to cite specifics.

"DOI is absolutely seeking facts and doing interviews and looking for answers," the department said in a statement Thursday.

Kerik, 49, was tapped by President George W. Bush earlier this month to head the ...

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