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Federal prosecutors say nearly 370,000 text messages comprise a large chunk of their public corruption case against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick ...  

A local movie producer familiar with the streets of Detroit set out to make a movie that would make Kwame Kilpatrick look like an urban hero, however, that isn't how the film turned out.  

DETROIT (AP) — Federal prosecutors say nearly 370,000 text messages comprise a large chunk of their public corruption case against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.  

Text messages, which cost former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick his political career, could cost him his freedom. Federal prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that a significant portion of their public corruption case against Kilpatrick and three other ...  

DETROIT, May 30 (UPI) -- Motions filed this week by prosecutors and lawyers for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick suggest his upcoming trial will be long and complex. The U.S. attorney's office asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds to ...  

First, he tried to get Kwame Kilpatrick's name banned from his pending bid-rigging trial. Now, Bobby Ferguson wants his longtime friend's text messages to ... Ferguson's lawyer asked that 25 messages be kept out, saying they're prejudicial.  

Federal prosecutors say nearly 370,000 text messages comprise a large chunk of their public corruption case against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Prosecutors say the text message trove is "central to a number of the charges" against ...  

Detroit— Federal prosecutors are armed with more than 500 potential witnesses who could testify against ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick during this fall's corruption trial. The number was disclosed in a court filing Tuesday, offering the most ...  

(press release) An indicted contractor in the case against former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is trying to get bribery counts against him dropped and to get text messages he sent to Kilpatrick eliminated from the more than 369,000 in evidence.  

Action News has learned federal prosecutors have lined up as many as 500 witnesses to testify against former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.  

Victor Mercado signaled Wednesday he will ask a federal judge to let him stand trial separately from Kwame Kilpatrick and two others on racketeering conspiracy charges.  

Federal prosecutors are armed with more than 500 potential witnesses who could testify against ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick during this falls corruption trial.  

UPI.comJudge won't delay Kwame Kilpatrick's trialUPI.comFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was first indicted on federal tax and fraud charges in June, 2010. UPI DETROIT, May 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge says she will not postpone former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's corruption trial.Judge denies Kilpatrick request to delay trialThe Detroit NewsJudge Won't Delay Kilpatrick Corruption TrialCBS Localall 6 news articles »  

Detroit— Indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson doesn't want to get bitten by pal Kwame Kilpatrick's text messages. Ferguson asked a federal judge Tuesday to scrub text message excerpts and conversations from a racketeering conspiracy indictment ...  

Saying the public needs closure, a federal judge is refusing to delay the September corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father.  

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s cousin testified for the federal government today in its bid-rigging case against Bobby Ferguson — but she didn’t say Ferguson did anything illegal. Elizabeth Benson, who was director of the Detroit ...  

DETROIT, May 25 (UPI) -- Federal agents are trying to determine whether an alleged $100,000 bribe to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was drug money, The Detroit News reports. Detroit businessman Abner McWhorter allegedly paid Kilpatrick to ...  

WXYZKwame Kilpatrick's cousin testifies in bid-rigging trialDetroit Free PressBy Tresa Baldas Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's cousin testified for the federal government Wednesday in its bid-rigging case against Bobby Ferguson -- but she didn't say Ferguson did anything illegal. Elizabeth Benson, who was director of the ...HUD Deputy: Kwame Kilpatrick Helped Bobby Ferguson Get ContractHispanicBusiness.comFerguson trial exposes cozy...  

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick helped pave the way for his longtime friend Bobby Ferguson and his construction associates to land a contract for a low-income housing project in Detroit, according to testimony in the high-profile bid-rigging ...  

WZZMAttempt to delay Kwame Kilpatrick's corruption trial failsDetroit Free PressBy ML Elrick Kwame Kilpatrick will have his day -- or months -- in court as scheduled, after a judge rejected the former Detroit mayor's request to delay his upcoming corruption trial. Judge Nancy Edmunds' decision Monday means jury selection will ...Judge won't change fall trial date for Kwame KilpatrickWDIV DetroitKilpatrick loses bid to delay corruption trialThe...  

CBS LocalDetroit's Most Notorious Gangster Tried To Help Kwame KilpatrickCBS LocalWhite Boy Rick and Kwame Kilpatrick — They were in jail together, Kilpatrick on a perjury conviction, when the former mayor of Detroit learned he would also face federal corruption charges and his former friends were turning against him.and more »  

Taylor Segue, the former director of the Detroit Housing Commission, testified about how the indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson used his access to ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to gain inside knowledge on how to win lucrative, government contracts.  

A federal judge today rejected a bid to delay by up to four months Kwame Kilpatrick’s trial on public corruption charges. Lawyers for the former Detroit mayor and the three other men scheduled to go on trial in the fall sought the delay ...  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city’s ex-treasurer were sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused them of awarding pension-fund business in exchange for $125,000 worth of gifts from an investment adviser.  

"This case demands closure and the public has the right to see the matter move forward," U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds said during a hearing in federal court.  

WASHINGTON (WXYZ) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and one of his appointees are in more trouble with the feds. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged them today in U.S. District Court. The SEC accuses Kilpatrick and former ...  

The Security and Exchange Commission today charged the former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick with secretly exchanging lavish gifts to peddle his influence over the investment process of the city's pension funds. The SEC also charged Jeffrey W.  

Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his longtime friend Jeffrey Beasley are facing fresh allegations of wrongdoing in federal court, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC today charged Kilpatrick and Beasley, the former city ...  

He spoke about the failed pension fund deal, connections with an international drug dealer, an ongoing federal criminal probe and Bernard Kilpatrick, father of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Pension fund lawyers allege Kastanes and his ...  

Detroit— Federal agents are investigating whether money for a $100,000 bribe allegedly paid to former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's father came from an accused international heroin dealer, The Detroit News has learned. The alleged bribe ...  

The SEC just announced that it was filing criminal corruption against former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former city treasurer Jeffrey W. Beasley. Mayfield wanted $117 million of the city's pension fund invested in his own firm's real-estate ...  

The SEC says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received private jet travel from a firm after the city's pension fund favored the firm with an investment.  

DETROIT (WKZO) -- New charges were filed in Federal court in Detroit Wednesday against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick faces federal civil charges for his alleged role in a scheme involving the city's public employee pension funds.  

First it was the text message scandal, followed by state charges. Then came the federal indictment. Now, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on his back. Adding to Kilpatrick's many legal woes ...  

WXYZWitness connects Kwame Kilpatrick to Bobby Ferguson without naming himDetroit Free PressTaylor Segue, left, testified about Kwame Kilpatrick, right, without mentioning his name in the Bobby Ferguson trial. / Free Press file photos By Tresa Baldas A witness in the Bobby Ferguson bid-rigging trial was banned from uttering the name "Kwame ...Judge to prosecutors in Ferguson case: Don't say Kwame Kilpatrick's nameThe Detroit Newsall 12 news...  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, former city Treasurer Jeffrey Beasley and MayfieldGentry Realty Advisors LLC, a former adviser to the city's police and fire pension fund, have been charged with federal crimes by...  

attended concerts by Prince and Toni Braxton, played three rounds of golf and enjoyed massages at the Canyon Ranch Spa. All told, MayfieldGentry spent nearly $63,000 on the trip. Kilpatrick, Beasley's son and others to fly by private jet to ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds...  

The name Kwame Kilpatrick is so unpopular, it wasn't allowed to be uttered during a portion of Bobby Ferguson's bid-rigging trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Thursday. Even the term "inner circle" was prohibited, so as not to prejudice ...  

More problems for the liberal Democrat and former Detroit mayor: "Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125,000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. The SEC says that was in exchange for...  

If the defense has its way, jurors won't hear any testimony or see evidence about Bobby Ferguson's friendship with ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. As jury selection continues in Ferguson's bid-rigging trial, the defense filed a last-minute ...  

DETROIT (AP) — Saying the public needs closure, a federal judge is refusing to delay the September corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father.  

Bobby Ferguson, longtime pal of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has an image problem to overcome at trial -- just as the defense had expected. And his friendship with the indicted ex-mayor isn’t helping any. At least that’s what several ...  

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatricks name is so toxic a federal judge blocked prosecutors from mentioning it today during the $12 million bid-rigging trial of contractor Bobby Ferguson.  

MLive.comKwame Kilpatrick, Former Detroit Mayor, Sued By SEC Over Pension Fund ...Huffington PostThe Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. The SEC says that was in exchange for getting the city's pension fund to make ...SEC charges ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in investment schemeYahoo! News Blogs (blog)SEC...  

Saying the public needs closure, a federal judge is refusing to delay the September corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father. Bernard Kilpatrick's attorney, John Shea, asked Monday that the trial be pushed to 2013 ...  

Detroit — A federal judge rebuffed a defense request Monday to delay the racketeering conspiracy case against ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick by four months, saying the community needs closure.  

If the defense has its way, jurors won’t ever hear any testimony or see any evidence regarding Bobby Ferguson’s friendship with ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. As jury selection continues today in the Ferguson bid-rigging trial, the defense filed ...  

Detroit— Indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson is scheduled to stand trial Tuesday in a $12 million bid-rigging case that could have implications on a City Hall racketeering case later this year.  

Former Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton, who grew up with Kilpatrick, is expected to tell jurors about Ferguson's friendship with Kilpatrick -- testimony that is being used to bolster the government's claims that Ferguson had access to friends in high ...  

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got an important bill paid just in the nick of time: his first $500 restitution payment. According to Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan, Kilpatrick made his first higher payment of $500 ...  

Detroit— Indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson is scheduled to stand trial Tuesday in a $12 million bid-rigging case that could have implications on a City Hall racketeering case later this year. The trial is expected to last as long as six weeks ...  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may soon return to court, but he's not interested in returning to prison without a fight.  

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former city treasurer Jeffrey W. Beasley and the investment adviser to the city’s public pension funds in a secret exchange of lavish gifts ...  

DETROIT (WJBK) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is reportedly willing to take a gamble when it comes to prison time. Sources tell the Detroit News that Kilpatrick has rejected a plea deal in his federal racketeering conspiracy case.  

There’s nothing to reject,” attorney James Thomas told the Free Press today ... settlement deals with the government on his client’s behalf, saying “We haven’t discussed settlement. We’re not settling … And there have been no ...  

With five months to go until trial, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's lawyer is adamant about a few things. No, his client isn't talking plea deals with the government. No, he never asked for one. And no, he never rejected any offers.  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may choose to take his chances with a jury as he awaits trial in an extensive corruption case. The Detroit News reports Kilpatrick has rejected a plea deal that would give him 15 years behind bars, according ...  

Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned in 2008 after sexually explicit texts between Kilpatrick and his top aide Christine Beatty were uncovered. See the full report of Judge McCree's photo and response on Fox 2.  

Kilpatrick, who has a taxpayer-funded attorney for his pending federal criminal case, has to pay his own legal tab if he wants to fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a civil suit filed Wednesday. The SEC's complaint accuses ...  

Detroit — The city's former deputy mayor testified Thursday there were two priorities as Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's administration crumbled amid the text-message scandal in August 2008: prepare for a new mayor and pay Bobby Ferguson. The news ...  

That city official was then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's cousin. The revelation surfaced Wednesday during the second day of testimony in the $12 million bid-rigging trial of Ferguson, a Kilpatrick friend and city contractor. The questioning focused ...  

The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125,000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. The SEC says that was in exchange for getting the city's pension fund ...  

AdvisorOneSecond charge against Detroit's mayorNews10.net... and Exchange Commission says Detroit's former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, took lavish gifts in exchange for influence over the city's pension fund investment process. 05-10-2012 national pension fund Mayor News detroit Kwame Kilpatrick Payola KXTV 01:28.Regimes have lost power to faze usThe Detroit Newsall 17 news articles »  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil suit against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for accepting lavish gifts from a pension fund broker. The complaint filed May 9 by the federal regulatory agency in the U.S ...  

DETROIT, May 10 (UPI) -- Federal regulators say former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick took lavish trips paid by a company managing real estate for the city Police and Fire Pension Fund. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...  

Detroit city attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede was given a 90-day suspension by the state's attorney discipline panel this week for lying to a judge in the text message scandal that brought down former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and then ...  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey ...  

Mayfield Gentry, the Detroit real estate firm that owns two uptown office buildings, is reportedly under federal investigation on a couple of fronts. The firm was fired by a pension fund for "misappropriation of funds and related issues," and the feds are looking into Mayfield Gentry's pension investments. Separately, the firm has been accused of chartering private flights for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and "lavishing Kilpatrick with...  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey ...  

"Nothing has pointed towards anything other than a trial in this case," said Jim Thomas. Kwame Kilpatrick's attorney set the record straight Wednesday after published reports claimed he rejected a plea deal from the feds. Thomas said, right now ...  

Detroit — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his fraternity brother were part of a scheme to strong-arm a city pension fund businessman for $125,000 worth of private jet flights, Prince concert tickets, steakhouse dinners, golf trips and VIP hotel rooms in Las Vegas, according to a lawsuit filed by federal regulators Wednesday.  

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city’s public-employee pension funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125,000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. The SEC says that was in exchange for getting the city’s pension fund to make an investment favoring the...  

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a former city treasurer and a pension fund adviser were charged in an influence-peddling scheme Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  

The SEC alleges that Mayfield paid for massages, concert tickets and other luxuries for Detroit's ex-mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, to curry favor with his administration after supporting another mayoral candidate. Kilpatrick and Jeffrey Beasley ...  

Detroit— Former Kwame Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller was spotted outside the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday talking with his lawyer, one day after another Kilpatrick aide testified in federal court.  

The defense wants to keep Kwame Kilpatrick's name out of Bobby Ferguson's bid-rigging trial.  

Detroit— Two members of Kwame Kilpatrick's inner circle will faceoff in federal court Thursday as the mayor's childhood friend is expected to testify as a government witness against indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson.  

Detroit— Former Kwame Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller was spotted outside the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday talking with his lawyer, one day after another Kilpatrick aide testified in federal court. Miller, who was indicted alongside ...  

DETROIT, May 1 (UPI) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick made his first restitution payment, $500, on deadline, a $340 per month increase from previous payments, officials said. The Michigan parole board increased Kilpatrick's restitution ...  

The name Kwame Kilpatrick is so unpopular, it wasn't allowed to be uttered during a portion of Bobby Ferguson's bid-rigging trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Thursday. Even the term "inner circle" was prohibited, so as not to prejudice ...  

A real estate firm fired Thursday for misspending retirees money is also accused in a federal indictment of chartering private flights to Bermuda, Las Vegas and Florida for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, The Detroit News has learned.  

Shady Pension Plan By Crook Democrat Kilpatrick Cost Detroit Nearly $500 Million. Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, May 6, 2012, 12:45 PM. In 2008 Detroit Democrat Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two felonies and was sentenced to ...  

There are conflicting reports about whether or not former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was offered a plea deal stemming from the federal charges filed against him in 2010.  

Detroit —A real estate firm fired Thursday for misspending retirees' money is also accused in a federal indictment of chartering private flights to Bermuda, Las Vegas and Florida for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, The Detroit News has learned.  

Detroit— Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has rejected an offer to plead guilty in the federal racketeering conspiracy case and serve 15 years in prison, two sources close to the case told The Detroit News. His co-defendant, indicted ...  

Dan Gilbert is opening a new casino in Cleveland next month and the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports he and his business partners were given a background check from the Ohio Casino Control Commission before they could obtain a gambling license.  

DETROIT, April 26 (UPI) -- The lawyer for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says his client never turned down a plea deal from federal prosecutors in his racketeering conspiracy case. "I rejected nothing. There's nothing to reject," defense ...  

Ferguson had special access to Mayor Kilpatrick office, ex-deputy testifiesDetroit Free PressBy Tresa Baldas Indicted contracter Bobby Ferguson had a special kind of access to Kwame Kilpatrick: He could visit the 11th-floor mayor's office as he pleased, without an appointment, a former city official testified today. Former Deputy Mayor Kandia ...  

DETROIT — A state discipline panel has suspended the Detroit city attorney's law license for 90 days for lying to a judge in the mayor text-message scandal and then lying to the legal profession's watchdogs investigating the case. Robert Agacinski ...  

Dan Gilbert, the owner of Quicken Loans Inc., has received the blessing for a Cleveland casino license despite questions about a college-era arrest and a five-figure loan to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.  

The Security and Exchange Commission today charged the former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick with secretly exchanging lavish gifts to peddle his influence over the investment process of the city's pension funds. The SEC also charged Jeffrey W. Beasley, the former city treasurer and investment adviser to the pension funds along with Kilpatrick. The complaint [...]  

Dan Gilbert, the owner of Quicken Loans Inc., has received the blessing for a Cleveland casino license despite questions about a college-era arrest and a five-figure loan to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported ...  

Detroit city attorney Valerie Colbert-Osamuede was given a 90-day suspension by the state’s attorney discipline panel for lying to a judge in the text message scandal and then lying to the legal profession’s watchdogs investigating her case.  

When former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick published his memoirs he probably did not realize the opportunity it would give to those that harbor ill feelings for either the man or his actions. The book, Surrendered: The Rise, Fall & Revolution of Kwame ...  

That left the company too broke to pay for legal fees, he wrote. Taxpayers already are paying for attorneys for ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, who are facing charges in a separate public corruption case that goes ...  

Arena also oversaw one of the biggest public corruption probes in Detroit history that led to the indictment of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick's father, and three others, all charged with running a criminal enterprise through the mayor ...  

Is Wisconsin Next? Heartbreak in the Motor City! I was totally shocked and astounded to learn that Kwame Kilpatrick’s political sidekicks looted the pensions of Detroit City police officers and fire-fighters. According to Tresa Baldas of The Detroit Free Press, Kwame’s Magical Medicine Show included the following shenanigans. …one day after the Detroit police and fire pension board unanimously fired a real estate company for spending $3.1...  

Detroit— Indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson, a close friend of former Kwame Kilpatrick, is concerned about pretrial publicity linking him with the former mayor. Ferguson's lawyer wants to question prospective jurors in his bid-rigging case to ...  

WASHINGTON — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex ...  

Detroit— Indicted contractor Bobby Ferguson, a close friend of former Kwame Kilpatrick, is concerned about pretrial publicity linking him with the former mayor.  

Detroit— A city lawyer caught up in the Kwame Kilpatrick text-message scandal has been suspended for 90 days, but a professional watchdog said Friday he wants a stiffer sentence.  

Detroits former deputy mayor testified Thursday there were two priorities as Mayor Kwame Kilpatricks administration crumbled amid the text-message scandal in August 2008: prepare for a new mayor and pay Bobby Ferguson.  

Former Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick used his influence over city pension funds to extract lavish gifts from a private money manager, including charter flights to Las Vegas and Bermuda, tickets to a Prince concert, limousine service and ...  

Ah, Kwame Kilpatrick, where've you been? The corrupt, perjurious ex-Democratic mayor of Detroit -- infamous for sending steamy text messages on a government-issued device to his chief of staff -- is in legal trouble once again, this time with ...