Former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik revealed to The Post on Tuesday how he first learned that President Trump was issuing him a pardon for his felony conviction.

Kerik, 64, said he had no idea he was going to be pardoned until he got a call from the president on his cellphone at 11:57 a.m.

“Right now, as we’re speaking, I’m signing your presidential pardon,” Kerik said Trump told him.

“Your record will be expunged. Go on with your life.”

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Kerik recalled, “It was pretty emotional. I just thanked him several times.

“This makes you an American citizen again,” the former top city cop said of the rare move.

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Kerik — who pleaded guilty in 2009 to tax fraud and lying to White House officials vetting him for the position of head of Homeland Security under then-President George W. Bush — said he previously applied for a pardon with the Obama administration but never heard back.

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