Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 16

Danny Ross: (to Wheeler) I worked with Bernie Kerik, Eliot Spitzer. I was wrong about them. You could be wrong about Jordie. Find out why he's so involved in this cause.
Bernard Bailey "Bernie" Kerik was the New York City Police Commissioner from 2000-2001 under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. From May to September 2003, Kerik served as Interim Minister of Interior of Iraq and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy to Iraq, L. Paul Bremer III. In December 2004 President G. W. Bush nominated Kerik as Secretary of Homeland Security. Within a week Kerik withdrew his nomination after it was revealed he had hired an illegal immigrant as a nanny. In 2006, Kerik pled guilty to two unrelated ethics violations after an investigation by the Bronx District Attorney's Office and paid a fine. On November 8th, 2007, in New York Federal Court, Kerik was indicted by a federal grand jury on 16 charges of, among other felonies, conspiracy, fraud, tax evasion, obstruction, filing a false loan application, and making an assortment of false statements when applying for various federal posts, including Homeland Security Secretary. Elements of Kerik's scandals figure prominently in the Criminal Intent episode "My Good Name," as well as Law & Order's "Publish and Perish."

Eliot Spitzer, a lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party, served as Governor of New York from January 2007 until his resignation on March 17, 2008 on revelation of his involvement in a high-priced prostitution ring, and amid threats of impeachment by New York state lawmakers. While campaigning for governor, Spitzer had promised ethics and integrity would be the hallmarks of his administration. Before becoming governor, Spitzer prosecuted several prostitution rings during his tenure as New York State Attorney General. Federal investigators believe Spitzer may have paid as much as $80,000 over several years for prostitution services while serving as attorney general and later while governor. The Season 18 Law & Order finale "Excalibur" was also based on this case.