Local 4 sat down with Kwame Kilpatrick’s former chief of staff as she tries to put her affair with him, the lies under oath, and more in the rearview mirror.

Christine Beatty showed up early to our interview. She was ready, direct – much like the former chief of staff I remember covering as a journalist back in the early 2000s. But she was also a little wary.

DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was officially released from prison Wednesday evening, serving only seven of his 28-year prison sentence before it was cut short. In granting clemency, Trump called for prison officials to immediately release Kilpatrick. Over the years, Local 4 has seen photos posted from Kilpatrick’s sons on social media as they visited their father in prison. While he is released, Kilpatrick is still responsible to pay his $4.7 million in restitution, according to a clemency grant obtained by Local 4 Defenders. Kilpatrick’s mother, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, has since moved from Detroit to Georgia.