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FOR THE RECORD

Posted 11/16/20

When Bernie Kerik received a presidential pardon nine months ago for eight felony convictions including tax fraud and lying to White House officials in 2004 during interviews for an appointment to be U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, he tweeted, "There are no words to express my appreciation and gratitude to President Trump."

But the man whose unconditional loyalty to Rudy Giuliani got him named Correction Commissioner and then Police Commissioner during the Mayor's second term borrowed a few words from Edmund Burke Nov. 7 in defense of Mr. Trump's claim that he's been the victim of vote fraud in his bid for re-election: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

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