Detroit reporters who covered corruption scandal offer insight after Kwame Kilpatrick’s commutation

Karen Drew and Hank Winchester reported on the Kwame Kilpatrick saga for more than a decade.

Here they offer their reaction to President Trump’s commutation of the former Detroit mayor’s federal prison sentence.

• Detroit reporter recalls ‘magnetic’ Kwame Kilpatrick’s rise and fall
• Detroit Mayor Duggan on Kwame Kilpatrick’s commutation: ‘This is a decision President Trump got right’
• Trump commutes sentence of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after 7 years in prison
• 7 years ago: Kwame Kilpatrick is convicted on 24 federal felony counts