The last-minute clemency, announced Wednesday morning, follows separate waves of pardons over the past month for Trump associates convicted in the FBI’s Russia investigation as well as for the father of his son-in-law.
What did Kwame Kilpatrick do? Donald Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-Detroit Mayor!
As a part of his long list of pardoned and commutes, Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of this ex-Mayor, but what did Kwame Kilpatrick do?
Kwame Kilpatrick served as mayor of Detroit between 2002 to 2008, when he resigned as a part of a plea deal, separate from his latest charges. In 2008 he pled guilty to obstruction of justice in a different case involving explicit text messages and an affair with his chief of staff.
During his last day in office, Donald Trump pardoned the convictions of 73 individuals, and commuted 70 more. Pardoning removes the existence of the criminal charge, while commuting simply shortens the time in prison.
President Trump commutes sentence for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
In his final hours in office, President Trump has commuted the sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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WXYZ â In his final hours in office, President Trump has commuted the sentence of former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick.
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The White House issued a statement around 1 a.m. Wednesday morning that said: President Trump commuted the sentence of the former Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Malik Kilpatrick. This commutation is strongly supported by prominent members of the Detroit community, Alveda King, Alice Johnson, Diamond and Silk, Pastor Paula White, Peter Karmanos, Representative Sherry Gay-Dagnogo of the Michigan House of Representatives, Representative Karen Whitsett of the Michigan House of Representatives, and more than 30 faith leaders. Mr. Kilpatrick has served approximately 7 years in prison for his role in a racketeering and bribery sch