Kwame Kilpatrick under fire
The man who came into power as the youngest mayor in Detroit history leaves as the only chief executive charged with a felony. The decision in 2003 by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, to remove Gary Brown from the helm of internal affairs snowballed into a wide-reaching scandal. Lying about the decision under oath during a whistleblower trial eventually cost them their jobs, and landed them behind bars.
Related links
- PDF: The Kilpatricks' 2008 federal tax return
- PDF: Kilpatrick's 2004 credit card records
- PDF: Kilpatrick's 2005 credit card records
- PDF: Kilpatrick's 2006 credit card records
- PDF: Kilpatrick's 2007 credit card records
- PDF: Kilpatrick's 2008 credit card records
- Text messages released Oct. 23, 2008: Part 1
- Text messages released Oct. 23, 2008: Part 2
- Text messages released Oct. 23, 2008: Part 3
- Text messages released Oct. 23, 2008: Part 4
- Text messages released Oct. 23, 2008: Part 5
- PDF: Appeals Court refusal to delay texts' release
- PDF: Text of Mayor Cockrel's remarks
- PDF: Order granting Kilpatrick permission to travel out of state
- PDF: Bond change document
- PDF: Deposition of Kwame Kilpatrick
- PDF: Kilpatrick plea deal
- PDF: Admission of facts
- PDF: Kilpatrick letter of resignation
- PDF: Kilpatrick's request for an injunction on removal hearings
- PDF: Court of Appeals order denying request to halt Kilpatrick removal hearing
- PDF: Attorney William Moffitt's lawsuit against Kilpatrick
- PDF: McPhail's response to Gov. Granholm's ruling to hold hearings
- PDF: Gov. Granholm's order to hold removal hearing
- PDF: Letter from Sharon McPhail to Granholm's legal counsel
- PDF: Goodman's final draft to Granholm on Kilpatrick removal
- Aug. 25 brief from Sharon McPhail to Gov. Granholm
- PDF: Document appointing Kandia Milton as Deputy Mayor
- Document: Statement of Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy
- PDF: Council filing urging Gov. Granholm not to delay decision on Mayor Kilpatrick's removal
- Text: Officer Ira Todd's whistleblower lawsuit
- PDF: Letter sent by Granholm to Kilpatrick's lawyers on accelerating removal briefing
- PDF: Complaint filed by Dougals Bayer against the City of Detroit
- PDF: Motion filed by Kym Worthy seeking all evidence
- PDF: Request for emergency hearing by Kilpatrick lawyers
- PDF: Investigator's report on supplement charges
- PDF: Detroit Justice Fund donors, financial statement
- PDF: Deposition of Christina Ladson
- PDF: Sample letter of a wiretap notification
- PDF: Detroit Justice Fund donors, financial statement
- PDF: Read the text messages revealed in Stefani's April 28, 2008 brief
- PDF: Forfeiture Hearings: PRAECIPE
- PDF: Forfeiture Hearings: City of Detroit brief for summary disposition
- PDF: Forfeiture Hearings: Attachment A -- Opinion from Jeffrey Blane
- PDF: Forfeiture Hearings: Motion for summary disposition pursuant
- PDF: Rough draft of William Mitchell III's deposition
- PDF: Kilpatrick's motion to suppress text message evidence
- PDF: Kilpatrick's challenge on text message authenticity
- PDF: Beatty's motion to suppress text messages
- PDF: Beatty's motion for bill of particulars
- PDF: Beatty's motion for sanctions
- PDF: Court of Appeals opinion striking down Kym Worthy's effort at recusal
- PDF: Transcript of closed-door meeting before Judge Ronald Giles
- PDF: Letter from Kilpatrick lawyer asking Granholm to delay removal process
- PDF: Complaint by city of Detroit on forfeiture proceedings
- PDF: City council's rules on forfeiture proceedings
- PDF: Councilman Kenyatta reacts to letter urging Gov. Granholm not to oust mayor
- Letter from City Council attorney William Goodman
- Gov. Granholm's Web site regarding City Council's petition to remove mayor
- PDF: Rules and procedures for forfeiture of elective office
- PDF: Petition by Detroit City Council members opposing mayor's removal
- PDF: Letter from Gov. Granholm's lawyer regarding effort to oust Kilpatrick
- PDF: Mayor Kilpatrick vetoes resolution seeking ouster
- PDF: Gov. Granholm acknowledges request to oust Detroit mayor
- PDF: Motion to open all hearings related to Kilpatrick's criminal case
- PDF: Document asking for removal of Mayor Kilpatrick from office
- PDF: Lawyer says council's ouster request violated city charter
- PDF: New policy on Detroit's electronic communication system
- PDF: Old policy on Detroit's electronic communication system
- PDF: Detroit City Council's proposal for a forfeiture resolution against Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: Detroit City Council's proposal to remove Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: Resolution by council to censure Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: Resolution to adopt findings of fact in Special Counsel's Report
- PDF: Doug Johnson's letter to Gov. Granholm seeking ouster of Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: Special counsel's report to Detroit City Council
- PDF: Minutes from closed City Council session
- PDF: City Council letter to city lawyers demanding whistle-blower case documents and text messages
- PDF: Read the text messages revealed in Stefani's brief
- PDF: E-mails from Mike Stefani, lawyer for police officers
- PDF: E-mails from Sam McCargo, lawyer for Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: E-mails from Valerie Colbert, city attorney
- PDF: Read ruling on judges in Mayor Kilpatrick's case
- PDF: Motion to modify Kilpatrick's bond
- PDF: Kilpatrick's response to bond modification request
- PDF: Stefani's handwritten notes outlining settlement in whistle-blower case
- Valerie A. Colbert-Osamuede's letter to Judge Robert J. Colombo
- PDF: Motion to disqualify 36th District Court bench from hearing preliminary exam
- PDF: Minutes from closed City Council session
- Councilman Kenyatta's letter to Detroit
- PDF: Investigator's report says Gary Brown was fired
- PDF: Court documents from the Kilpatrick, Beatty arraignments
- Graphic: Mayor and former staffer are charged
- PDF: Kym Worthy's announcement of charges
- PDF: Kym Worthy's press release listing charges
- PDF: Investigator's report says Gary Brown was fired
- PDF: Mayor's oath of office
- PDF: Bill from Wilson Copeland's firm to City of Detroit
- PDF: Payment records for the firm of Lewis & Munday
- PDF: Payment records from Brady, Hathaway, Brady & Bretz
- PDF: Payment records from Grier & Copeland
- PDF: Payment records from Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker
- PDF: City Council resolution calling for Mayor Kilpatrick's resignation
- Detroit Renaissance statement on meeting with Mayor Kilpatrick
- PDF: Tamara Green's autopsy report
- PDF: Tony Davis' letter to Chief Bully-Cummings
- PDF: Affidavit of former police clerk Joyce Rogers
- PDF: Skytel's response to City Council's request for text messages
- PDF: Correspondence between Council members Cockrel and Reeves over 'State of the City' snub
- PDF: Newspapers' motion to get records Kilpatrick has fought to keep private
- PDF: Police report concerning Christine Beatty
- PDF: Police report on potential witness to Manoogian Manor party
- PDF: Subpoena by Detroit City Council
- PDF: Affadavit of former police Lt. Alvin Bowman
- PDF: State police report about emergency medical technician
- PDF: Council's revised resolution demanding mayor's resignation
- PDF: City Council memo on the two whistle-blower lawsuits submitted Oct. 18, 2007
- PDF: Michigan Supreme Court order declining to hear appeal
- PDF: City's statement on the decision by the Supreme Court
- PDF: Deposition of police officers' lawyer, Mike Stefani
- PDF: Exhibit 11: Initial settlement agreement
- PDF: Exhibit 10: Mayor's rejection of initial agreement
- PDF: Exhibit 14: Details on how to transfer text messages
- PDF: Exhibit 15: Additional details on text message transfer
- PDF: Documents filed by newspapers with Michigan Supreme Court urging settlement be made public
- PDF: Policy on Detroit's electronic communicating devices
- PDF: Detroit City Council brief to Michigan Supreme Court
- PDF: Court of Appeals order denying city's request
- PDF: City Council letter to city lawyers demanding whistle-blower case documents and text messages
- PDF: Court of Appeals order denying city's request
- PDF: City Council letter to city lawyers demanding whistle-blower case documents and text messages
- PDF: Exhibit 13: confidentiality agreement
- PDF: Exhibit 9: notice of Mayor Kilpatrick's approval of settlement terms
- PDF: Exhibit 8: designation of representative for receipt of records
- PDF: City of Detroit appeal documents, Part 1
- PDF: City of Detroit appeal documents, Part 2
- PDF: Transcript of court hearing on secret agreement
- PDF: City of Detroit's letter to Judge Colombo concerning settlement agreement
- PDF: Record of cross-examination of Christine Beatty in whistle-blower trial
- PDF: Record of cross-examination of Mayor Kilpatrick in whistle-blower trial, Part 1
- PDF: Record of cross-examination of Mayor Kilpatrick in whistle-blower trial, Part 2
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