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.
I wonder if Crissy over at MSNBC will do 6 months on this story?
What’s that? Democratic Party corruption in Motor City? I am shocked...shocked I tell you!
Thanks goes to those cops who filed that lawsuit. If not for them, the locals never would’ve never done anything about this.
OMG. That guy had an affair? Was she blind?
Sure, Kwame baby, but first you RESIGN, GO TO TRIAL then GO TO JAIL.
All the rumors you hear about Detroit being the crime capitol of the world are true. From the mayor on down. It's worse than 'Nawlins.
Agreed. Kudos to them for having the blls to do so.
Not if you've read the NYP and the Sun this morning :(
Worse then NO? That’s saying alot.
Don't count on it.
When Michigan became a Muslim state?
It's called Eubonics! Detroit = Democrat.......
Kwami has till tomorrow morning to report for fingerprinting and mug shots.........LOL!
One of Kwami's lawyers is on the radio right now spinning so fast he's gonna fall down dizzy........
But EVERY Democrat LIES!!! What’s the biggie?
"I did not have text with that woman."
I wonder who Kwame is going to blame this time.
That's much like Bill Clinton and Monica. Somehow we have let the left-wing media spin it so that Republican bluenoses are persecuting Democratic politicians for nothing more than their private sexual indiscretions. This has got to be challenged every time.
The Democratic Congress passed laws in the 70's and 80's to protect low-ranking women from sexual harassment by their bosses, and also to protect workplace whistleblowers from retaliation. These laws included incentives for lawsuits to be filed, and for powerful mens' sexual and personal and financial history to be explored under oath. And once you get in court, you damn well better tell the truth.
Clinton and now this Kwame clown were hoist by petards laid by their left wing friends, and now the Left is crying foul and accusing the Right of conducting Puritan witch hunts. Screw them.
Pray tell why would he resign, not a chance in hexx he will be found guilty of anything using a Detroit jury and I assume that the alleged perjury took place in Detroit. As long as the demorats criminals commit their crimes within the jurisdiction of democrat strongholds they will be acquited.
A dem, eh? Means that he will get some bad press for a few weeks, then he will rise again and move up in the dem party.
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