Mayor, former Chief of Staff discussed sex, marriage, according to court papers. April 30, 2008— -- More steamy text messages sent between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of ...

It started, as controversies involving Kwame Kilpatrick often do, with a text message. "I was just calling to give my official apology and eat crow," state Rep. Karen Whitsett wrote in a text that ...

DETROIT -- Legal experts said Tuesday that the heart of the perjury case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick -- steamy text messages that seem to contradict his sworn denials of an affair with an aide -- ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and official misconduct on Monday stemming from a sex scandal and the prominent Democrat's handling ...

Over seven terms, she garnered millions in funds in helping to revitalize the city. But the political scandals of her son, an ex-mayor, came to shadow her career. By Adam Nossiter Steve Bannon, ...