Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Violated Bail Again?

This guy isn't the sharpest tool in the shed if he's violated bail not once, but twice within the span of a few days. At least the AP managed to avoid playing name that party for a change. This time, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) was not supposed to have any contact with 11 named witnesses, including his sister.

So, what did he do? Spent time with his sister at her place this past weekend. The mayor's press flack claims that prosecutors are trying to score points. The Mayor's lawyers say that the judge had allowed the contact.

A prosecutor on Monday accused Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of violating his bond in an assault case by spending time over the weekend with his sister, one of 11 witnesses listed by authorities.

Kilpatrick and Ayanna Kilpatrick were together at their mother's house Saturday, a day after he was released from jail for violating bond in a separate perjury case, said Doug Baker of the Michigan attorney general's office.

The mayor is charged with assaulting two investigators who were trying to deliver a subpoena at his sister's house in July in the perjury case.

In a court filing, Baker said the mayor had been ordered to have no contact with witnesses.

Kilpatrick's defense team, however, believes the mayor is not in any trouble. Attorney Jim Thomas said Magistrate Renee McDuffee clarified Friday that Kilpatrick could have contact with his sister.

In a statement, Kilpatrick spokesman Marcus Reese accused state Attorney General Mike Cox, a Republican, of trying to score political points with the latest filing against the embattled Democratic mayor.