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STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING
NEWS ALERT.
>>> BREAKING NEWS HERE AT
NOON, IT IS THE TALK OF THE
TOWN.
WILL FORMER DETROIT MAYOR
KWAME KILPATRICK BE RELEASED
FROM PRISON?
THAT DOES TOP OUR NEWS THIS
NOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
FLYING.
KILPATRICK’S FAMILY HAD
LOBBIED PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR
A COMMUTATION OF HIS
SENTENCE.
BUT NOW, THEY ARE ATTEMPTING
A SO-CALLED COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE BECAUSE OF THE
COVID-19 VIRUS.
OTHER FEDERAL PRISONERS LIKE
PAUL MANAFORT HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY BEEN RELEASED
FROM THEIR SENTENCES
BECAUSE OF IT.
SO IS THIS HAPPENING?
AND WHERE DO THINGS STAND
RIGHT NOW.
OUR MARA McDONALD HAS BEEN
WORKING HER SOURCES AND
JOINS US LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
DETROIT WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
MARA.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: RHONDA, LET ME
TELL YOU THIS, RIGHT NOW I
CANNOT TELL YOU THAT KWAME
KILPATRICK IS GOING TO BE
LET OUT OF FEDERAL PRISON.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT
THE FEDS ARE CONSIDERING IT
HAD AND HAS BEEN MOVED INTO
A PIPELINE THAT WOULD ALLOW
THAT TO HAPPEN.
THERE’S A LOT OF FACT STORY
HERE REMEMBER THINGS HAVE
BEEN CHURNING WITH THIS
SINCE YESTERDAY.
LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH
EVERYTHING.
MY PHONE STARTED BLOWING UP
YESTERDAY THAT NEWS THAT A
KILPATRICK RELEASE FROM
FEDERAL PRISON WAS IMMINENT
NOT THE ORIGINAL COMMUTATION
OF SENTENCE FROM THE
PRESIDENT THAT KILPATRICK
WAS AFTER, BUT A
COMPASSIONATE RELEASE
BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
WHAT MULTIPLE SOURCES CLOSE
TO THE FAMILY CONFIRMED FOR
ME IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WAS ON BOARD WITH
CONSIDERING A COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE.
THAT KILPATRICK HAD BEEN
PLACED IN A 21 DAY
QUARANTINE IN PREPARATION
FOR THAT KIND OF RELEASE.
AND FAMILY WAS HOPEFUL THAT
HE WOULD BE RELEASED ON JUNE
10th.
THIS MORNING, AN E-MAIL FROM
THE EBONY FOUNDATION
CONGRATULATING KILPATRICK ON
HIS RELEASE FROM FEDERAL
PRISON WENT OUT.
TO BE 100% CLEAR HERE, THERE
IS NO INDICATION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT
THEY HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THIS,
AND ALL THE Ts ARE CROSSED
AND THE Is ARE DOTTED.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE
PROCESS FOR COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE IS IN THE WORKS FOR
HIM.
AND IS POSSIBLE EVEN
PROBABLE TO HAPPEN.
BACK HERE LIVE, THERE’S SOME
PROBLEMS WITH THAT E-MAIL
FROM THE EBONY FOUNDATION.
IT MAKES NO MENTION OF HOW
THEY KNOW THAT THIS RELEASE
HAS BEEN GRANTED.
NOTHING OF THAT SORT.
SO I DON’T THINK THAT WE CAN
USE THAT AS A STANDARD
SAYING THAT HE HAS BEEN
RERELEASED.
NOW, IF HE WAS TO BE
RELEASED ON A COMPASSIONATE
RELEASE, HE WOULD CERTAINLY
THEN GO TO A PERIOD OF HOME
CONFINMENT AND THEN THERE
WOULD BE SUPERVISED RELEASE.
IN ADDITION HE HAS TO MEET
CERTAIN FEDERAL STANDARDS
FOR THIS.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT HE HAS
SERVED A QUARTER OF HIS
SENTENCE.
THAT HE HAS DONE.
RHONDA, WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN,
THIS NOON, WITH A WHOLE LOT
OF NEWS.
>> UH-HUH.
THIS IS QUITE A BIG
DEVELOPMENT.
I MEAN THAT SENTENCE IS 28
YEARS.
THAT WAS HANDED DOWN BACK IN
2013.
THAT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE
UNTIL 2037.
SO BACK TO THIS
COMPASSIONATE RELEASE.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IN ORDER
TO BE GRANTED THIS, IF IT’S
A GO, USUALLY THERE’S SOME
KIND OF UNDERLYING MEDICAL
ISSUE FOR THAT PRISONER THAT
WOULD MAKE HIM OR HER
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE
TO COVID.
SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING,WHAT THAT MAY BE?
>> Reporter: WE KNOW THAT
THEY’RE SAYING THAT HE IS AN
ASTHMATIC AND HE IS
PREDIABETIC AND HE HAS BEEN
IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
PRISONERS IN THAT FEDERAL
SYSTEM WHO HAVE DIED OF
COVID-19.
THAT IS THE PITCH THAT IS
BEING MADE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARA, WE
APPRECIATE YOU WORKING ALL
OF YOUR CREDIBLE SOURCES TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS
STORY THAT’S BEEN SWIRLING
