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Daniel Ferguson: "Everybody thinks he's suppoised to be ashamed or something."
Kwame Kilpatrick's brother-in-law maintains the ex-mayor is innocent of racketeering and other charges that have landed him behind bars for nearly 30 years.
In an interview for a podcast hosted by Fox 2's M.L. Elrick, Daniel Ferguson asks Elrick "what was the racket" Kilpatrick was convicted of.
Elrick: "Bribery, extortion, fraud?"
Ferguson: "But what was the racket, what was the actual racket?"
Elrick: "I guess I would say shaking down contractors, telling them you got to pay if you want to play."
Ferguson: "Like everybody thinks he's supposed to be ashamed or something. When even the government said they can't put a money amount on what the case cost, he doesn't owe restitution."
Elrick: "He does owe restitution. He owes a million dollars from the perjury and obstruction of justice."
Ferguson: "You know that's some b.s."
Elrick: "I know that I want that $1 million!"
Ferguson claims the local media used the text message scandal to earn profits and drive Kilpatrick out of office.
Ferguson adds that Kilpatrick is "doing great work" behind bars, "helping dudes get educated, he's helping dudes with legal work."
