GUILTY MI - Felony charges against Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick shipped to Philly prison after years in Oklahoma

Detroit — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in the middle of a summer trip, courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Kilpatrick, 47, was transferred Monday to a new federal detention center in Philadelphia after spending more than four years at a federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma. His arrival followed a brief stop at a temporary facility in Oklahoma City, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons...

Kilpatrick shipped to Philly prison after years in Oklahoma

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

His ultimate destination is unknown but the transfers sent Kilpatrick 1,500 miles away from his wife, three sons, father and sister, who relocated to Texas to be close to the former mayor.

His family is pushing for a T r u m p pardon? A pardon????

I always say it is those who live on who suffer when someone dies. This is a little bit like that. His family is suffering for his crimes. Slimeball.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

His ultimate destination is unknown but the transfers sent Kilpatrick 1,500 miles away from his wife, three sons, father and sister, who relocated to Texas to be close to the former mayor.

His family is pushing for a T r u m p pardon? A pardon????

I always say it is those who live on who suffer when someone dies. This is a little bit like that. His family is suffering for his crimes. Slimeball.

Good luck with that! Even Obama pardon Kwame.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick moves again, lands in New Jersey prison

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick landed in a new home Wednesday, a low-security federal prison in New Jersey where his cellmates include 'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli.

The move capped a cross-country trip for Kilpatrick, who was transferred after more than four years from a medium-security prison in Oklahoma to the low-security lock-up in Fort Dix, New Jersey, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons...

Kilpatrick moves again, lands in New Jersey prison

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Good luck with that! Even Obama pardon Kwame.

This should say "Even Obama didn't pardon Kwame". Sorry!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kwame Kilpatrick moved again, now he's in low security federal prison in New Jersey
Ex-Detroit mayor now serving 28-year sentence on East Coast

Kwame Kilpatrick moved again, now he's in low security federal prison in New Jersey

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

as long as he is still locked up...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick appeals to Trump for freedom

As Kwame Kilpatrick adjusts to yet another new prison, the former Detroit mayor is seeking to shorten his stay and return home.

The disgraced former Detroit leader and ex-lawyer has filed for a commutation of his federal prison sentence, which has nearly 19 years left, United States Department of Justice records show.

In a lengthy message posted Tuesday on the Free Kwame Project website, Kilpatrick wrote that he was “ready (mentally, emotionally, spiritually) to go home” and “By God’s grace, I have received a pardon from Him, through Christ Jesus." …

Kilpatrick appeals to Trump for freedom

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kwame Kilpatrick is praying for a presidential pardon

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

If KK has received the pardon he needs from the God he knows, then isn't that the penultimate? Maybe he should have started with the lower hanging fruit... just sayin...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick's bid for clemency a 'long shot'

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ordered to pay additional $500K in luxury benefits scheme

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kwame Kilpatrick: Marriage 'irreparably destroyed'

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kwame Kilpatrick loses bid to shed $1.5M bill from Detroit

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick, ex-aide speak out on affair, text-message scandal

More than a decade after the affair that spawned a text messaging scandal, the downfall of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and chief of staff Christine Beatty, and jail stints for both, they are detailing the liaison in a national podcast.

The pair was interviewed for "Crimetown," a series produced in partnership with Gimlet Media broadcast on Spotify. Each season focuses on the "culture of crime" in a new city.

The current installments have focused on Detroit. Several episodes revolve around Kilpatrick's tenure, and the recently aired 14th installment delves into how the city native and its youngest mayor became involved with Beatty, sparking a scandal that forced him from office in 2008...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Judge denies Kwame Kilpatrick's motion to vacate prison sentence

Ex-Detroit mayor filed motion in 2017

DETROIT - Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's motion to vacate, set aside or "correct" his prison sentence has been denied by a U.S. District Court judge.

Judge Nancy Edmunds issued a court order Tuesday denying Kilpatrick's motion that he filed in 2017. The former Detroit mayor has claimed the court made several errors, many similar to the issues in his last appeal before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court upheld the corruption convictions...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick 'can't show actual innocence,' judge says in rejecting appeal

Detroit — A federal judge refused Tuesday to set aside the 28-year prison sentence she gave to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in 2013, yet another setback in the corrupt politician's bid for freedom.

Kilpatrick, 48, argued the prison sentence should have been vacated for a variety of reasons, including incorrect jury instructions, impermissible hearsay and because his defense lawyer had a conflict of interest...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kilpatrick: Sentencing judge has conflict of interest, should be off case

Detroit — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is seeking to disqualify a U.S. district judge, saying she had a conflict of interest, after she refused to set aside his 28-year prison sentence she issued in 2013.

The motion filed Tuesday claims that U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds had a personal and professional relationship with his former lawyer, James Thomas, which prevented him from receiving a fair trial.

"Judge Edmunds was fully aware of the various conflicts of interest of trial counsel prior to the trial," the motion states...

The saga continues Trouble is, Kwame never learned the meaning of the word, "No!"

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kwame Kilpatrick a 'remorseless' felon, feds say

...“In Kwame Kilpatrick’s view, the blame for his corruption convictions lies with everyone but him,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Goetz wrote in the court filing Friday. “He has never apologized, never accepted responsibility — never shown any remorse for extorting millions of dollars from Detroit city contractors. Instead, he has lashed out at every possible scapegoat: the government, the media, his attorneys, and, now, this court.”

Kilpatrick’s allegations do not justify recusing the judge or vacating the conviction, Goetz wrote...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick loses latest bid for freedom

Detroit — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lost another bid to get out of federal prison Friday when an appeals court rejected claims a biased judge oversaw his landmark racketeering case.

The order filed in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, came seven months after Kilpatrick claimed U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds had a conflict of interest and should have recused herself. Edmunds presided over the six-month trial and sentenced Kilpatrick to 28 years in federal prison in 2013 for for orchestrating a criminal enterprise out of City Hall...