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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 ...  

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.  

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.  

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 »  

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...  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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...  

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...  

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 ...