NEW YORK – The New York City Police Commissioner was sued by the Justice Department last week as part of an investigation into Donald Trump and his associates, our sister network told our sister network. NBC News two people familiar with the matter.
Bernard Kerik received a summons last week, he confirmed News 4 his lawyer Timothy Parlatore, who said he also represented the former president. Parlatore called the quote “the widest and most obtuse quote I’ve ever seen in my years of criminal practice” and “a free blow to anything related to Donald Trump.”
Kerik’s attorney insists his client would have been helpful with any inquiries from the Department of Justice, citing previous collaboration with officials following a Jan.6 committee subpoena. All files requested in the citation are reportedly expected to be submitted by the end of September.
Two people familiar with the matter said so NBC News that the Department of Justice has issued some 40 subpoenas in the past week in relation to investigating the actions of Trump and his collaborators regarding the January 6 riots and the effort to cancel the 2020 election, as reported from the first time . for him New York Times.
The Justice Department did not comment on the citation.
Kerik last made headlines in 2021, when the House committee issued a subpoena for the former commissioner investigating the invasion of the Capitol on January 6. He was among other allies of the former president being sued for documents and testimony after attending a meeting at a Washington hotel the night before the uprising.
The former president pardoned Kerik in 2020 for criminal convictions that put him behind bars for three years. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud and misrepresentation charges, partly stemming from more than $ 250,000 in apartment renovations he received from a construction company that authorities say relied on Kerik to persuade New York officials who had no ties to the crime organization.
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