Bernard Kerik, who served as New York City's police commissioner during the 9/11 attacks, has died.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed his death on Thursday on social media, saying it came “after a private battle with illness.”
Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.
In 2010, he pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud and false statement charges, partially stemming from over $250,000 in apartment renovations he received from a construction firm that authorities say counted on Kerik to convince New York officials it had no organized crime links. He served three years in prison before his release in 2013.
President Trump pardoned Kerik in 2020.
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