Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied early release from prison

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied early release from prison

According to reports, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not be granted an early release from jail.

In a press release from the Ebony foundation that caused mixed emotions in Detroiters stated that Kilpatrick would be granted an early release.

Additionally, State representative Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit also confirmed the release saying that she spoke with President Trump during Thursday’s visit to Michigan and that he said Kwame Kilpatrick would be one of 3,000 prisoners soon released.

“I had had a previous conversation with [President Trump] regarding state representative Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, who brought the letter to the president and that we had all signed, me and my colleagues, to have the former mayor released and I am very excited that he listened,” Rep. Whitsett told FOX 2 Friday.

“The president actually told me, verbatim, that yes, [Kwame Kilpatrick] is going to be part of the 3,000 that were going to be released.”

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