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Kilpatrick must keep lawyer, judge rules today

11:23 am
Tue August 14, 2012

Kilpatrick must keep lawyer, judge rules today

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The much anticipated public corruption trial against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, former Detroit Sewer and Water chief Victor Mercado, and contractor Bobby Ferguson is expected to start next month. Jury selection is underway, and today a judge refused to provide Kilpatrick with a new lawyer, someone Kilpatrick says he loves, but does not trust.
Detroit- Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could learn Tuesday whether he needs to replace his taxpayer-funded legal team, a move that likely would delay his upcoming City Hall corruption trial. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds scheduled a 9:30 a.m. hearing to probe a conflict of interest involving his lawyer James C. Thomas.
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