For seven months, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) has managed to hold on in office. In January, the Detroit Free Press published text messages ("Never busted. Busted is what you see!") between him and his former chief of staff. The messages appeared to show that the two had lied at a police whistleblower trial when they denied having had an affair and firing one of the plaintiff cops. Kilpatrick steadfastly refused to step down, even vowing to run for re-election.
He's since been indicted by the county prosecutor for perjury … more…
Read More
Email:
Paul Kiel wrote for TPMmuckraker, Talking Points Memo’s investigative reporting blog, from 2006 to 2008. TPM’s coverage of the firings of U.S. attorneys and politicization of the Department of Justice won a George Polk Award for legal reporting.