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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Trying to Find a Job in Texas

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020

Defamed Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from prison yesterday after serving a 99-day sentence for lying under oath about his relationship with his former chief of staff. A judge has allowed Kilpatrick to spend five days in an unreported city in Texas, where his family has already moved, according to the Detroit Free Press. After he started having legal problems last year, Kilpatrick did make a trip to Texas to visit Pastor T.D. Jakes.-WLW