Kwame Kilpatrick
American politician
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| June 15 2024 | Endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| April 2023 | Kilpatrick was a guest speaker at the 'Black Agenda Movement' conference, organized by YouTuber Michelle R. Kulczyk (Meechi X). |
| July 2021 | Marries Laticia Maria McGee at Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit. |
| January 20 2021 | President Donald Trump commuted Kilpatrick's sentence with less than 12 hours remaining in his presidency, reducing his prison term by 20 years while leaving his conviction and $4.8 million in restitution intact. |
| 2018 | Files for divorce from Carlita Poles. |
| June 2018 | Kilpatrick began seeking a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, which was opposed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for southeast Michigan. |
| June 2016 | The U.S. Supreme Court denied Kilpatrick's appeal. |
| August 2015 | The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld Kilpatrick's convictions but ordered a recalculation of restitution. |
| October 10 2013 | Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison, with his earliest possible release date set for August 1, 2037. |
| March 11 2013 | Kilpatrick was found guilty by a jury on two dozen counts, including racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, and tax evasion. |
| September 21 2012 | Opening statements began in Kilpatrick's criminal trial, with prosecutors presenting numerous witnesses giving damaging testimony. |
| January 10 2011 | Kilpatrick was arraigned on charges in the 89-page federal indictment. |
| December 14 2010 | Kilpatrick was indicted on new corruption charges involving a 'pattern of extortion, bribery and fraud', with the original indictment listing 38 charges and 13 fraudulent schemes in the city's Water and Sewerage Department, involving nearly $1,000,000 in kickbacks. |
| May 2010 | Sentenced to eighteen months to five years in state prison for violating probation, serving time at the Oaks Correctional Facility in northwest Michigan. |
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