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Detroit City Council begins process to Remove mayor

AP The Detroit City Council has voted 5-4 to begin a process aimed at removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office for his role in a text-messaging sex scandal. Council members also voted 5-4 Tuesday to ask Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick and voted 7-2 to publicly censure him. A message seeking comment has been left with a Kilpatrick spokeswoman. The mayor's office has said the council's actions are politically motivated.

Sexually explicit text messages between the mayor and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty were revealed earlier this year. They contradicted testimony the two gave during a whistle-blowers' lawsuit, when they denied having a romantic relationship. The Wayne County prosecutor's office has charged the two with perjury and obstruction of justice.

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