It’s good to know that Pittsburgh doesn’t have the nation’s worst mayor, I guess:
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was ordered released from jail Friday on condition that he post $50,000 US cash bail and wear an electronic monitoring device. He’s also forbidden to travel.
A lower court judge revoked Kilpatrick’s bail and sent him to jail Thursday for violating his bail conditions.
The mayor had made a trip to Windsor, Ont., on city business July 23 without informing the court in advance. That requirement was one of the bail conditions imposed on Kilpatrick while he and a former top aide await trial on charges of perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. . .
The charges against the mayor and his aide arise from their testimony in a civil trial last year, where they denied having a romantic relationship. Steamy text messages have cast doubt on that claim.
Moments after the judge’s ruling, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced that he’s also charging Kilpatrick with assaulting a police officer for allegedly interfering with a detective who was trying to deliver a subpoena to a friend.
Cox said an arrest warrant has been issued and police are expected to pick up Kilpatrick at the Wayne County Jail, where he was being processed for release.
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