Judith Regan filed a lawsuit a couple of days ago which will dog Rudy Giuliani for the foreseeable future. Being associated with Bernie Kerik is tough enough for a presidential candidate to shake. It now appears that pressure was placed on Bernie's girlfriend to lie to the FBI. At least, that is what the lawsuit is alleging. Judith Regan is saying that a top NewsCorp executive, Roger Ailes asked her to lie about her affair with Mr. Kerik. Giuliani and Ailes turn out to be old buddies.
Someone get me some popcorn. This is going to be a great show.
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From NYT:
Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed today protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, the media conglomerate, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik after he had been nominated to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.
The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post.
Ms. Regan makes the charge at the start of a 70-page filing that seeks $100 million in damages for what she says was a campaign to smear and discredit her by her bosses at HarperCollins and its parent company, News Corporation, after her project to publish a book with O.J. Simpson was abandoned amid a storm of protest. (more...)
