Okay, so Bush would be naming someone who likely would get indicted for a felony during the campaign?
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Bernie Kerik had a talent for making wealthy friends — and then hitting them up for money. It was a talent that prosecutors say crossed the line into bribery on at least one occasion.
Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed the details of another one of those deals. In 2003, while Kerik was on his short stint with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Israeli billionaire and industrialist Eitan Wertheimer loaned Kerik $250,000.
But it wasn’t what you’d call a straightforward loan. The money went first to Kerik’s friend and Brooklyn businessman Shimon Cohen, who then passed it on to Kerik. It was provided with no interest, no conditions, and seemingly no questions asked.
There’s even more grounds for suspicion. The loan only came to light after the Bronx district attorney’s office and New York City’s Department of Investigation launched an investigation of Kerik’s personal finances in 2005. They interviewed Cohen in June of that year about the loan — he fessed up to having given the money, but said nothing about the fact that Wertheimer had financed it. Nine days later, two years after the loan was originally given, Kerik paid off the loan in full — with interest.
Bush would not know about it.....until after the 2004 election. If the media reported this in September 2004, Kerry might have won.