The day Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had to know was coming is finally here, as both he and former chief of staff Christine Beatty have been charged with breaking 12 different laws including perjury and obstruction of justice.
Take a deep breath so you get this: Kilpatrick and Beatty fired city employee Gary Brown in 2002 for blowing the whistle on the two of them having an extra-marital affair with each other. While the mayor's office claimed Brown retired voluntarily, Brown disagreed. Kilpatrick and Beatty might have gotten away with the lie except investigators found 14,000 text messages back and forth to each other, including one that straight up read "we are going through this mess because of a decision that we made to fire Gary Brown."
You can read our original coverage of the Kwame Kilpatrick text messages here.
Anyway, while Kilpatrick has thus far been able to remain in office, despite an over $8 million dollar pay out to the fired parties, this will probably be the end of the line for him as the Detroit City Charter does not allow an elected official convicted of a felony committed while in office to keep their post.
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