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| Kerri P. | Mar 11 2013, 10:11 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/11/jury-convicts-former-detroit-mayor-kilpatrick-on-corruption-charges/?test=latestnews Jury convicts former Detroit mayor Kilpatrick on corruption charges Published March 11, 2013 Associated Press DETROIT – A jury has convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on corruption charges after a five-month trial that portrayed him as a greedy politician who took bribes, fixed contracts and lived far beyond his salary. The verdict is another defeat for the man who left office in 2008 amid an unrelated scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an affair with an aide. Kilpatrick was convicted Monday. The government said Kilpatrick rigged city contracts to help his buddy Bobby Ferguson, and then got a share of the spoils. Witnesses said Kilpatrick got bribes and kickbacks from his political fundraiser and a convention center contractor. He was also accused of tapping a nonprofit fund for personal use. |
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| LTC8K6 | Mar 11 2013, 10:14 AM Post #2 |
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Assistant to The Devil Himself
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Yeah, but when does he run again? |
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| Kerri P. | Mar 11 2013, 10:17 AM Post #3 |
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http://www.wral.com/jury-convicts-ex-detroit-mayor-of-corruption/12207843/ Jury convicts ex-Detroit mayor of corruption Posted: 5 minutes ago Updated: 3 minutes ago DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including a racketeering conspiracy charge. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008. Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a "private profit machine" out of Detroit's City Hall. The government presented evidence to show he got a share of the spoils after ensuring that Bobby Ferguson's excavating company was awarded millions in work from the water department. Business owners said they were forced to hire Ferguson as a subcontractor or risk losing city contracts. Separately, fundraiser Emma Bell said she gave Kilpatrick more than $200,000 as his personal cut of political donations, pulling cash from her bra during private meetings. A high-ranking aide, Derrick Miller, told jurors that he often was the middle man, passing bribes from others. Internal Revenue Service agents said Kilpatrick spent $840,000 beyond his mayoral salary. Ferguson, Kilpatrick's pal, was also convicted of a racketeering conspiracy charge. The jury could not reach a verdict on the same charge for Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, but convicted him of submitting a false tax return. Kwame Kilpatrick, who now lives near Dallas, declined to testify. He has long denied any wrongdoing, and defense attorney James Thomas told jurors that his client often was showered with cash gifts from city workers and political supporters during holidays and birthdays. The government said Kilpatrick abused the Civic Fund, a nonprofit fund he created to help distressed Detroit residents. There was evidence that it was used for yoga lessons, camps for his kids, golf clubs and travel. Kilpatrick, 42, was elected in 2001 at age 31. He resigned in 2008 and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a different scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. The Democrat spent 14 months in prison for violating probation in that case after a judge said he failed to report assets that could be put toward his $1 million restitution to Detroit. Voters booted his mother, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, from Congress in 2010, partly because of a negative perception of her due to her son's troubles. |
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| wingedwheel | Mar 11 2013, 10:30 AM Post #4 |
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| MikeZPU | Mar 11 2013, 10:57 AM Post #5 |
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| MikeZPU | Mar 11 2013, 10:57 AM Post #6 |
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"C'mon baby" |
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| cks | Mar 11 2013, 11:29 AM Post #7 |
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Maybe he and Jesse Jackson, jr can be roommates. |
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| chatham | Mar 11 2013, 12:24 PM Post #8 |
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No big deal. Another neighbor hood thug gang will just move up and take over. |
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| Mason | Mar 11 2013, 12:24 PM Post #9 |
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. Is that a euphemism for Pres / VP ? Kwame should see Jesse's Doctor, he'll set him up with a note. . Edited by Mason, Mar 11 2013, 12:25 PM.
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| Baldo | Mar 11 2013, 02:28 PM Post #10 |
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Obama Endorses Kwame Kilpatrick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNvC_-RW2Q
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| Mason | Mar 11 2013, 02:33 PM Post #11 |
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. Yeah, everyone should watch that. The AP failed to report the Party of Jesse Jackson and Ray Nagin in their reporting on their indictments. Just an oversight. . |
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| abb | Mar 12 2013, 03:58 PM Post #12 |
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http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/03/plane_circles_detroit_with_poi.html DETROIT, MI - One of the most eventful news days in Detroit’s history got a little more colorful Monday afternoon when a plane started circling the city’s downtown with a message for Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The plane’s message: “Don’t Drop The Soap Kwame! Love (with a heart shape) Mojo 95.5” |
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| Kerri P. | Mar 12 2013, 04:07 PM Post #13 |
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