DETROIT - OCTOBER 28: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears in Wayne County Circuit Court for his sentencing October 28, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)DETROIT – On March 11, 2013, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on 24 federal felony counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering. Kwame Kilpatrick and Bernard Kilpatrick hug in Detroit court on March 11, 2013. Ferguson and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick were convicted on federal racketeering charges. Bernard Kilpatrick, Kwame Kilpatrick's father, is accused of public corruption along with Victor Mercado, his son Kwame and Bobby Ferguson.

(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)DETROIT – On March 11, 2013, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted on 24 federal felony counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering. I don’t have any comment,” Kwame Kilpatrick said to reporters while walking out of court that day. Kwame Kilpatrick and Bernard Kilpatrick hug in Detroit court on March 11, 2013. Ferguson and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick were convicted on federal racketeering charges. Bernard Kilpatrick, Kwame Kilpatrick's father, is accused of public corruption along with Victor Mercado, his son Kwame and Bobby Ferguson.

Yesterday we finished the Kilpatrick Civic Fund chapter of the trial. 8:54AM So we haven't quite finished with the Kilpatrick Civic Fund. In May 2006, solicited by Kilpatrick Civic Fund for a donation. Would you have expected that his ability to raise funds for Civic Fund would have been impacted in a negative way? But it seems to me that hiring someone for purposes unrelated to Civic Fund seems inconsistent to me to the purposes we thought.