Kilpatrick: Detroit fund paid for Texas home

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Source: Detroit Free Press

Free Press reporter M.L. Elrick is live blogging a hearing on the finances of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in front of Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner.

Mayoral appointees signed checks from fund

11:32 a.m. | Siringas said April Edgar and Kandia Milton signed the civic fund checks to Kilpatrick. Both were mayoral appointees who were among the dozens of friends and family on the city payroll.
Kilpatrick nonprofit helped pay for Texas home

11:22 a.m. | Kilpatrick just admitted that the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund -- established for voter education and to improve Detroit's neighborhoods -- was used to pay for Kilpatrick's home in Texas.

Referring to the fund's board, Kilpatrick said: "They had a meeting and decided that because I was the lead fund-raiser for this organization and because I was out of a job, they agreed they would pay for some moving expenses ... and for some transitional housing, short -term."



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[WriteDown]

1. He should run again...

He truly is a man of the people. :eyes:

[Fire1]

2. The pathetic part is, if he did, he would win. n/t

[WriteDown]

3. I have little doubt about that. nt

[blue_onyx]

5. No he wouldn't

[demmiblue]

8. I agree

[firedupdem]

11. You may be right....damn shame. n/t

[Bozita]

4. LIVE streaming ...

here ...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20091207/METRO/91207001/

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6. Kilpatrick, wife repaid nonprofit

11:45 a.m. | Siringas just said Kilpatrick and his wife, Carlita, repaid the civic fund for the money it sent them.

Kilpatrick is sitting on the witness stand, stone-faced.


I guess that makes it OK?! :eyes:

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7. Kilpatrick takes Fifth on repayment to fund

11:49 a.m. | Kilpatrick has just invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination twice on questions about checks his family wrote to the Kilpatrick Civic Fund.

The amount Siringas said they sent the fund was at least $13,000.

[AngryAmish]

9. Kilpatrick Civic Fund = Kostanza Human Fund

[demmiblue]

10. Lol... I actually googled that. Duh!