Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was just seven years into a 28-year federal prison sentence when President Trump decided to allow him to walk free Tuesday night.
It was Trump’s final night in the White House before he leaves Wednesday to make way for President-elect Joe Biden and his new administration.
Here’s the statement from the White House:“President Trump commuted the sentence of the former Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Malik Kilpatrick.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider was definitely not in support of a shortened sentence or pardon for Kilpatrick.
Kwame Kilpatrick has earned every day he served in federal prison for the horrible crimes he committed against the People of Detroit.