By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Thursday, Derrick Miller finally talked about the much anticipated payoff in the bathroom — something out of an episdoe of “The Sopranos.” Miller, a former close friend who was in Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s administration, testified at Kilpatrick’s federal trial that the then-mayor asked him to get…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Kwame Kilpatrick fidgeted in his chair, sometimes leaning to the left, sometimes smirking, looking worried and shaking his head in disbelief, as he watched ex-close friend Derrick Miller deliver some damaging testimony on the 49th day of trial Monday. Miller, who was part of Kilpatrick’s inner circle at…
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — In the eighth-floor federal courtroom where Kwame Kilpatrick is on trial, prosecutors in coming weeks will summon one of their star witnesses: Derrick “Zeke” Miller. Miller, who authorities say was a “bagman” and “right-hand man” for Kilpatrick, was a close friend of the mayor — not…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — At this point it would be hard to tarnish the reputation of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. But the feds heaped on some more serious allegations to his already pending public corruption charges. The Detroit News reports that new court filings in fed court in Detroit allege that Kilpatrick took a…
