Kwame Kilpatrick returns to family in Georgia following release from prison
Kilpatrick, once a political rising star, was serving 28 years for an array of crimes before Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
Kwame Kilpatrick, who recently had his 28-year prison sentence commuted by now-former President
Donald Trump in his term’s final hours, has been photographed in Atlanta with his family.
A brief video posted on social media by a member of Kilpatrick’s family showed him hugging two of his sons and his sister,
Ayanna, after arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Another family photo of him and his father,
Bernard, standing together is making the rounds on social media sites.
Jack s essay for January 24, 2014.
Thirteen years ago, a friend who runs a political PR firm urged me to meet a man he saw as a visionary politician who he was going to be elected mayor and transform Detroit.
His name was Kwame Kilpatrick. We all know how that turned out, but nobody did then. What was the same then and now, however, was Detroit’s need for jobs and money.
Over the years, I had learned one thing: If you want to jump-start an economy, what you need are immigrants. Driven, motivated, immigrants who want a better life.
An interview with U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade.
by Allan Lengel
Kwame Kilpatrick For the third time in less than a year, a report surfaced that ex-Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick was about to go free. The first two ended up being false. This time was different. Late Tuesday night, in his final hours in office, President Trump commuted Kilpatrick s 28-year prison federal sentence for corruption. The White House described the move as strongly supported by prominent members of the Detroit community, Alveda King, Alice Johnson, Diamond and Silk, Pastor Paula White, Peter Karmanos, Representative Sherry Gay-Dagnogo of the Michigan House of Representatives and more than 30 faith leaders. The statement, which comes just hours before Trump leaves office, also noted that Kilpatrick had taught public speaking classes and led a Bible study group in prison.
Nearly 8 years ago: Kwame Kilpatrick is convicted on 24 federal felony counts
A look back at the former Detroit mayor’s trial, conviction, appeals
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DETROIT - OCTOBER 28: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears in Wayne County Circuit Court for his sentencing October 28, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. Kilpatrick will spend 4 months in jail as part of a plea deal he accepted back in September in which he plead guilty to two felonies and no contest to a felony assault charge. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) (2008 Getty Images)
The jury had deliberated for 14 full days in the corruption trial and announced their verdict that Monday morning. The verdict had been reached the Friday before, but the jury decided to go home and sleep on it over the weekend to see if anyone would change his or her mind by Monday morning.