The feds aren’t messing around when they tag a public official with RICO charges. That’s the big gun they’ve pulled out on former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
From the looks of it, they have a whole lot against him: text messages (again!); swank trips to Vegas, the Hamptons and the Bahamas; extortion of city contractors; kickbacks. Pretty much all the tricks of big city corruption rolled into one case.
I hope you get a chance to read Josh Kovensky’s trial report from yesterday. He gets at a really good…
I’ve been having an ongoing exchange with a TPM Reader and friend about the simple question: Why is Mike Johnson…
Today’s Morning Memo prompted some reader reflections:
12:57 a.m.: It’s hard to know the precise significance of Israel’s retaliatory strike or how Iran might respond. So far…
