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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served more than seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for corruption crimes, was released from federal prison Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The Associated Press.
Trump Commutations Take Effect with Kwame Kilpatrick s Prison Release Kwame Kilpatrick Detroit s Disgraced Ex-Mayor Released After Trump Commutation
Kwame Kilpatrick, enjoying his first taste of freedom in 7 years.
Kilpatrick got sprung from federal prison Wednesday and reunited with family members at Detroit s airport after Trump commuted his sentence. He had been serving a 28-year sentence for corruption crimes while he was Mayor.
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Though he s a free man now, his 24 felony convictions still stand . and he s still on the hook for $195,000 owed to the IRS and $1.5 million to Detroit.
If ya don t know . Kilpatrick was dubbed the city s Hip-Hop Mayor, but from his first term, he was dogged with scandals both accusations of misusing funds and a text-messaging sex scandal with his chief of staff.
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DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served more than seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for corruption crimes, was released from federal prison Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The Associated Press.The announcement came in a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump s White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rappers, former members of Congress and other Trump