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Kwame Kilpatrick among long list of Trump commutations, pardons on last day
Trump pardons 73 individuals, commutes sentences of 70 others right before leaving office
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A look into ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick s career
It was Trump’s final night in the White House before he leaves Wednesday to make way for President-elect Joe Biden and his new administration.
Here’s the statement from the White House:
“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, Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo of the Michigan House of Representatives, Rep. 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 scheme while he held
Kwame Kilpatrick’s prison sentence commuted by Trump here’s what to know
Kilpatrick was serving 28-year sentence for corruption
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DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor
Kwame Kilpatrick will be released from prison after serving seven years of a 28-year sentence for his role in a major corruption scandal after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence late Tuesday night.
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Kilpatrick is seven years into a 28-year sentence to federal prison for racketeering and bribery.
He was sentenced to federal prison in 2013 after being convicted of a long list of charges. He has been fighting his sentence ever since.