New Kwame Kilpatrick texts have Hizzoner back in the news, so ML and Marc chat with the lawmaker who says she convinced President Trump to let him out of prison 21 years early…and now regrets it.
STRAIGHT DOPE: Karen Whitsett is the Democratic state rep from Detroit who says she convinced President Donald Trump to let Kwame Kilpatrick out of prison back in 2021. Now she’s fed up with Kilpatrick and speaking out after the former mayor asked her to help him get a pardon from POTUS.
Whitsett tells ML and Marc why she asked Trump to set Kilpatrick free – and who convinced her that if she ever asked POTUS for a favor, this was the one to ask for.
Find out what Trump said when Whitsett asked her to release Kilpatrick seven years into the 28-year sentence he received after being convicted in federal court of public corruption.
Call it buyer’s remorse, but Whitsett said after she asked Trump to free Kilpatrick she asked herself “What did I do?!?”
Trump was willing to let Kilpatrick out early – even after his advisers advised against it multiple times before Whitsett asked. Listen and learn what he said when she asked whether he would forgive the restitution Kilpatrick owes.
Whitsett tells Marc and ML why she’s now mad she helped Kilpatrick – and what she risked by going to bat for him.
We’ve heard a lot of terms for people who still support Kilpatrick, but Whitsett dropped a new one on ML and Marc: “Co-signing for his crazy.
To read more about Kilpatrick’s pardon plea, check out ML’s latest “On Guard” column here.
GEEK OF THE WEEK: This week’s geek is a judge who shot their partner – no, not that OTHER judge who was GOW a few weeks ago for shooting her partner, this is ANOTHER judge who shot his partner.
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