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In his latest campaign, imprisoned ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is seeking donations and selling #FreeKwame shirts to raise mioney for legal appeals to leave prison before serving his full 28-year sentence.

The $19.95 T-shirt comes in just one color (black) and one size (undisclosed). The cost reaches $23.90 with shipping.

It's part of a new site that includes Kilpatrick talking about the injustice he's faced:

Contrary to widespread rumors, speculations, and innuendos, Kilpatrick’ s case has nothing to do with any “missing” or “stolen” money, nor the bankruptcy of the city of Detroit. Kilpatrick had no indictment counts nor convictions for embezzlement or misuse of public funds. Kilpatrick was elected mayor of Detroit at 31 years old and made some mistakes, but none of them warranted a 28-year sentence.

The Feds started this case by trumpeting these words to the media; “Kilpatrick responsible for Hundreds of Millions of Bad Contracts and Loss in Detroit.” This was their false message for nearly two-years leading up to the trial.

During opening statements of the trial, The Feds changed their rhetoric by saying, “The Kilpatrick Enterprise is responsible for $9.6 Million and using intricate schemes to give his co-defendant bad contracts.” Then again, during closing statements, another dramatic change to their message; “Kilpatrick is responsible for $4.4 Million of loss to the City of Detroit.”

His family set up the Freedom and Justice Trust fund. 

The Detroit Free Press notes:

Kilpatrick has a mounting pile of debts. They include $852,000 in restitution to the City of Detroit stemming from the text message scandal that the Free Press broke, triggering his eventual downfall; $1.5 million in restitution to the Detroit water department stemming from his 2013 conviction, and $195,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid taxes.

Additionally, the federal government says Kilpatrick owes $552,862 for accepting private jet travel to Vegas, golf outings, Prince tickets and massages from an investor who was trying to close a $117-million deal with the city's pension funds

Kilpatrick, who is imprisoned in El Reno, Ok., was convicted of 24 counts for racketeering, extortion, bribery and other offenses.