A former Detroit City Council member who quit after pleading guilty to a bribery scheme was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.Andre Spivey acknowledged his "very poor choices" in accepting $36,000 but had hoped to get probation. His sentence still was far below the 40 months recommended by…
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.
The defense memo accuses the federal government of "vindictiveness" and counters Spivey had been ready and willing to aid federal authorities, but the government lost interest.
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