Update: 12 p.m. -- Derrick Miller, the mayor's ex-friend who worked at city hall, testified that he shared cash kick backs multiple times with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from Jones Lang Lasalle, a real estate company that was involved in real estate transactions and leases with the city. He did not specify how much the payments were from and couldn't recall where, on each occasion, he met with the mayor, leaving an opening for the defense, which has not yet had an opportunity to cross examine him.
Conspicuously absent was testimony that he delivered $10,000 in cash to Kilpatrick as the government had alleged. -- A.L.
Miller’s value as a government witness emerged early Monday during testimony in the Kwame Kilpatrick corruption trial, Robert Snell writes in the Detroit News' website.
Miller corroborated previous witnesses about allegedly illegal campaign finance activities and revisited some of the most damaging allegations leveled by federal prosecutors.
The ex-mayor’s close friend and former aide painted Kilpatrick as a liar who used donations to the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund on personal expenses, including lavish resort vacations, golf clubs and yoga classes.
