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Detroit Mayor Charged With Perjury (Another Dem Scandal, Top Story on Drudge)
Breitbart ^ | 3/24/08 | AP

Posted on 03/24/2008 8:42:52 AM PDT by NYC Republican

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and as Detroit's youngest elected leader, was charged Monday with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit text messages surfaced that appear to contradict his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy also charged the popular yet polarizing 37-year-old mayor with obstruction of justice and misconduct in office.

Former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty, 37, who also denied under oath that she and Kilpatrick shared a romantic relationship in 2002 and was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

In all, Worthy authorized a 12-count criminal information.

"This case was about as far from being a private matter as one can get. Honesty and integrity in the justice system is everything. That is what this case is about," Worthy said at a news conference.

"Just when did honesty and integrity, truth and honor become traits to be mocked, downplayed, ignored, laughed at or excuses made for them? When did telling the truth become a supporting player to everything else?"

A perjury conviction could bring up to 15 years' imprisonment and force Kilpatrick to relinquish the mayor's office.

Worthy has said she and her staff have pored over more than 40,000 pages of documents since January, when the Detroit Free Press published excerpts of sexually explicit text messages sent to Beatty's city-issued pager in 2002 and 2003.

The messages contradict statements Kilpatrick and Beatty gave under oath during a whistleblowers' trial last summer when each denied a romantic relationship.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; kwamekilpatrick; mayor; perjury; purgery; rats
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Stagmire? Well two stags are in the MI seal. Sadly DeToilet is part of MI.
21 posted on 03/24/2008 8:51:32 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Do we want Huma answering the White House phone at 3:00 AM?)
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To: NYC Republican

22 posted on 03/24/2008 8:51:59 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: NYC Republican
He's been hit with 80 years worth of felony charges, he's been ordered to turn himself in for arraignment by 7:00 am tomorrow, and yet he's going to hold a press conference in 5 minutes to say he's refusing to resign.
23 posted on 03/24/2008 8:54:46 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: ASA Vet

Someone should run up the Virginia state flag over Detroit city hall.


24 posted on 03/24/2008 8:54:58 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: NYC Republican

Please note the importance of this story on CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/


25 posted on 03/24/2008 8:58:34 AM PDT by RouxStir (No Peeing Allowed in the Gene Pool.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Latest GM rebate-with each new car; a free house in Detroit.


26 posted on 03/24/2008 9:01:56 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Latest GM rebate-with each new car; a free house in Detroit.


27 posted on 03/24/2008 9:01:57 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: tobyhill

Kwame Kilpatrick is a superdelegate not likely to vote for Hillary. The timing to get rid of this guy is not an accident. This and Spitzer serve as Hillary’s warning to others.


28 posted on 03/24/2008 9:03:14 AM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Don't these Democrats have anything to do ?

It looks like they're doing it! Oh how those cockroaches and demoRATs scurry, when a bright spotlight shines in their dark hiding place.

29 posted on 03/24/2008 9:04:25 AM PDT by A. Morgan (VOTE FOR A LIBERAL N' WE'LL BE UP TO OUR NECKS IN ILLEGALS and OUTA' GAS!)
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To: NYC Republican

Da Pimp and his Ho.

30 posted on 03/24/2008 9:06:03 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: HD1200

If he and Spitzer were Republicans, there would be 24/7 coverage of “can the GOP survive?” But since they’re dems, it’s just business as usual - sex scandels, misuse of public funds, cronyism, etc. etc.


31 posted on 03/24/2008 9:06:03 AM PDT by hsalaw
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To: hsalaw

Gov Granholm is term limited is she not? I suppose the Dems will be pushing Kilpatrick as her successor soon. Makes perfect sense.


32 posted on 03/24/2008 9:10:42 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: Long Island Pete

Nice suit, I be sayin...


33 posted on 03/24/2008 9:11:20 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: NYC Republican

“I did not have text with that woman, Ms. Beatty ...”


34 posted on 03/24/2008 9:11:36 AM PDT by LiberConservative ("Stimulus" = $millions$ for China)
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To: blackdog
At least if they’re busy texting and screwing, they aren’t doing any harm thru bad legislation.......I say put all politicians on viagra and make all hotels free for them. All of our problems solved..............

And we will still be stuck with The Hildebeast.

35 posted on 03/24/2008 9:12:15 AM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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To: Long Island Pete

Ahhh, thats his wife.


36 posted on 03/24/2008 9:13:13 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Reeses

Maybe I just want to believe there might be some hope, but I didn’t see or hear political motives with this Detroit D.A. I was very much impressed, in fact, that there weren’t any. If she was being straight with the public in her presentation, I’d love to see as many public officials like her as possible.


37 posted on 03/24/2008 9:13:53 AM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: NYC Republican

Culture of Corruption. Oh, that’s right, it’s expected of that party.


38 posted on 03/24/2008 9:13:56 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
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To: NYC Republican

The Mayor is scheduled to hold a news conference momentarily. The networks are standing by to bring it live.

The prosecutor was very professional in her news conference detailing the Counts agains the mayor.


39 posted on 03/24/2008 9:14:06 AM PDT by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: NYC Republican

Oh, that’s rich...


40 posted on 03/24/2008 9:19:02 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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