Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has filed a motion asking the federal judge who sentenced him to relieve him of about $831,000 he owes Detroit taxpayers in restitution as a result of his public corruption conviction in 2013.
In a motion filed on Monday by Kilpatrick himself, he writes that he doesn’t believe he owes the money and denying his request “could potentially stymy his professional progress and ability to earn adequate income for his family, as well as having a chilling effect for those who he mentors,” counsels and teaches to be law-abiding citizens.
“When released from this restitution burden (and surrounding activities by federal attorneys, agencies, and media) he would be able to seek, produce, and achieve additional opportunities for the betterment of his family and community.”…