Action could violate campaign finance laws
By M.L. ELRICK, JIM SCHAEFER and JOE SWICKARD
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
April 8, 2009
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick used his re-election fund to pay lawyers nearly $1 million for their ultimately futile efforts to keep him out of jail -- a move that possibly violates state campaign finance laws.
Kilpatrick’s lead attorney, James Thomas, defended tapping the campaign account but Maurice Kelman, a retired Wayne State University law professor, said it was improper. Kelman has been calling on Kilpatrick to disclose his spending.
To read more, visit http://www.freep.com/article/20090408/NEWS01/90408094/Kilpatrick+campaign+fund+used+for+defense
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