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Mayor Mike Duggan shared the name of a confidential source with several people, according to a report published by The Detroit News. The informant is a towing contractor who secretly recorded Andre Spivey taking a bribe.
When Federal Judge Victoria Roberts sentenced former Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey to 2 years in prison, she knew the case was being watched in the city and by dozens of Spivey supporters inside the courthouse.
When Federal Judge Victoria Roberts sentenced former Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey to 2 years in prison, she knew the case was being watched in the city and by dozens of Spivey supporters inside the courthouse.
The sentence for Andre Spivey caps the first case charged as part of a broad corruption investigation in Detroit.
Between 2018 and 2020, federal investigators recorded eight instances where the 48-year-old former councilman and one of his staffers took cash bribes from an undercover federal agent or a businessman working with the FBI.