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BISBEE — A federal judge in Tucson will hear arguments this month on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Border Patrol retaliated against two agents for whistle-blowing.
Between sobs and sighs Monday morning, Christine Beatty accepted her share of guilt in the text message scandal that has gripped metro Detroit and made felons of her and her former boss, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Christine Beatty, the then-chief of staff for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, answers questions during the whistle-blower case against the mayor at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit on Aug. 28, 2007.
Detroit can close out another chapter of its infamous text-message scandal with the plea agreement reached Monday between the Wayne County prosecutor and Christine Beatty, the former top aide to and paramour of disgraced ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, now serving time in the county jail.
When Christine Beatty begins serving her 120-day jail sentence on Jan. 5, she could end up in an isolated cell next to her former boss, ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who also is serving a 120-day sentence in the Wayne County Jail.
Damian Green?s offense seems to center on his relationship with a civil servant who offered himself as a whistle-blower on politically sensitive issues.
The former aide to the jailed ex-mayor of Detroit pleads guilty to lying under oath to cover up their affair.
The Bush administration and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are poised to square off in front of a San Francisco federal judge Tuesday to litigate the constitutionality of legislation immunizing the nation's telecoms from lawsuits accusing them of helping the government spy on Americans without warrants.
Christine Beatty, chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve four months in jail, according to the Wayne County prosecutor's office.
Christine Beatty, chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve four months in jail, according to the Wayne County, Michigan, prosecutor's office.
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