Kwame Kilpatrick gets a Bill
Judge: Ex-Detroit mayor owes $300K within 90 days
Kwame Kilpatrick lost his job as Detroit’s mayor and his freedom, in part, for telling lies.
A judge on Wednesday called Kilpatrick deceitful and self-serving while ordering him to come up with more than $300,000 for restitution to the city within 90 days or possibly face a return to jail.
“We are here because you committed perjury,” Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner told Kilpatrick. “You pled guilty and you agreed to pay $1 million in restitution, but you have not been responsible in paying it. You have not been credible in this courtroom and you, again, have not been honest to the city of Detroit.”
The reported number of Michiganders shocked by this: Zero.