Topic: Bernie Kerik

2 chapters across the catalog

Eggsistenial
Episode 1218 1:32:13 - 1:37:46

1218: Eggsistenial

Presidential Pardons, Rod Blagojevich and Mike Milken

President Trump issued a series of high-profile pardons and commutations for figures including Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Kerik, and Mike Milken. While the media focused on these "political allies," the administration also granted clemency to several women serving time for non-violent drug offenses. The move to commute Blagojevich's sentence is interpreted as a strategic strike against the Chicago political establishment.

Morally Deformed
Episode 774 5:57 - 8:52

774: Morally Deformed

Intelligence Failures and Media Critiques of Paris Attacks

Media analysts including Andrea Mitchell and Geraldo Rivera criticize French and American intelligence agencies for failing to detect the coordinated Paris attacks. The discussion focuses on how a sophisticated operation involving multiple terrorists could occur without a "whisper" being picked up by the CIA or French services. Former police commissioner Bernie Kerik is cited calling the event a colossal failure of intelligence.