Paul Kiel

Paul Kiel
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How Do You Boot a Mayor?

by Paul Kiel - August 19, 2008 11:36 am EDT

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

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by Paul Kiel - August 14, 2008 11:54 am EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 8, 2008 11:54 am EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 7, 2008 6:05 pm EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 7, 2008 3:53 pm EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 6, 2008 3:15 pm EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 6, 2008 11:36 am EDT

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by Paul Kiel - August 4, 2008 11:45 am EDT

Judge Sides With Congress in White House Subpoena Dispute

by Paul Kiel - July 31, 2008 12:38 pm EDT

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by Paul Kiel - July 31, 2008 11:49 am EDT

IG Testimony: Former DOJ Officials Not Heading to Jail

by Paul Kiel - July 31, 2008 10:31 am EDT

Breaking: Sen. Ted Stevens Indicted

by Paul Kiel - July 29, 2008 1:41 pm EDT

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by Paul Kiel - July 29, 2008 11:08 am EDT

Gov’t Report: Political Meddling Worsened Immigration Backlog

by Paul Kiel - July 28, 2008 5:40 pm EDT

Justice Dept. Spreads Wide Net With Mortgage-Related Prosecutions

by Paul Kiel - July 28, 2008 1:20 pm EDT

Senate Panel Seeks to Reinstate Voice of America Cuts

by Paul Kiel - July 24, 2008 2:35 pm EDT

ProPublica and WNYC Investigate Risky Drilling Project

by Paul Kiel - July 22, 2008 5:09 am EDT

Update: Paper Responds to Alhurra Payment Story

by Paul Kiel - July 21, 2008 3:03 pm EDT

Republicans Block Presidential Library Disclosure Bill

by Paul Kiel - July 16, 2008 2:50 pm EDT

In Wake of Lobbyist Story, Bush Library Fundraising Policies Remain Unclear

by Paul Kiel - July 15, 2008 6:23 pm EDT

Voice of America to Cut Language Services

by Paul Kiel - July 9, 2008 1:23 pm EDT

Political Fundraising Firm Defends Practices

by Paul Kiel - Matt Townsend - July 3, 2008 11:00 am EDT

D.C. Fundraising Firm Takes Big Cut of Contributions

by Paul Kiel - July 1, 2008 12:26 pm EDT

Rep Calls for Investigation of Alhurra

by Paul Kiel - June 23, 2008 11:45 am EDT

Alhurra: Part One

by Paul Kiel - June 22, 2008 7:15 pm EDT

ProPublica and 60 Minutes Investigation to Air Sunday

by Paul Kiel - June 19, 2008 3:45 pm EDT

Surveillance Bill Compromise Likely to Deliver Immunity for Telecoms

by Paul Kiel - June 19, 2008 12:55 pm EDT

Intern “Survival Guide” Shows Lobbyist Access to Congressman

by Paul Kiel - June 18, 2008 6:16 pm EDT

New Report Documents Detainee Treatment in Gitmo and Iraq

by Paul Kiel - June 18, 2008 1:30 pm EDT

Our Copyright Policy

by Paul Kiel - June 17, 2008 5:23 pm EDT

Ethics Committee Examining Countrywide Loans to Senators

by Paul Kiel - June 17, 2008 5:12 pm EDT

Senate Investigation Reveals Frank 2002 Discussion of Gitmo Interrogation

by Paul Kiel - June 17, 2008 12:09 pm EDT

Watchdog Files Ethics Complaint over Senators’ V.I.P. Mortgage Loans

by Paul Kiel - June 16, 2008 12:53 pm EDT

21 Legislators from 109th Congress Investigated for Corruption

by Paul Kiel - June 12, 2008 3:30 pm EDT

Justice Dept Probing Russian Influence Buying

by Paul Kiel - June 10, 2008 11:26 am EDT

National Earmark Project Finds Contributions In, Earmarks Out

by Paul Kiel - June 9, 2008 11:51 am EDT

Despite New Obama DNC Lobbyist Money Ban, Loophole Permits Millions From Big Biz for Conventions

by Paul Kiel - June 6, 2008 2:06 pm EDT

Senate Intel Report: Administration Dishonest in Lead-up to Iraq War

by Paul Kiel - June 5, 2008 9:30 am EDT

Chief Gitmo Judge Contradicts Pentagon on Replacement of Judge

by Paul Kiel - June 3, 2008 2:11 pm EDT

Prosecutors Push for Earlier Gitmo Trials

by Paul Kiel - June 2, 2008 12:39 pm EDT

Gitmo Judge Gets the Axe One Month After Ruling Against Gov’t

by Paul Kiel - June 2, 2008 11:15 am EDT

States, Enviro Orgs Sue EPA Over Ozone Rule

by Paul Kiel - May 29, 2008 12:26 pm EDT

The Coalition of the ‘Willing to Be Paid’

by Paul Kiel - May 23, 2008 5:13 pm EDT
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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.

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