am Riddle -- the enigma wrapped in a riddle -- is fresh out of prison after serving time for bribery, and one thing is certain: He still likes to yap a lot and go on the attack.
Riddle appeared Thursday night on Fox2 News show "Let It Rip" -- a talk show format on the 10 o'clock news. And yes, he really let it rip, but he also offered an apology for his criminal action.
"I will never be able to apologize enough to the people of Detroit," he said. He also remarked: "What I did was wrong."
Riddle, a political consultant and former chief of staff for Councilwoman Monica Conyers, was accused with Conyers of shaking down businesses for thousands of dollars. Both got 37 months in prison for bribery. Conyers, the wife of Rep. John Conyers, is out of prison but under home confinement.
Despite the apology, Riddle didn't play Mr. Nice Guy.
He attacked one of the panelist on the show, Fox2 reporter Charlie LeDuff, calling him the biggest pimp in Detroit and a plagiarist. The attack came after the show's host Huel Perkins read an unflattering passage about Riddle in LeDuff's new book "Detroit: An American Autopsy."
LeDuff wrote that Riddle was a "rakish con man....who seemed to play the role of Clyde Barrow to (Monica Conyers') Bonnie Parker."
Riddle called that a "punk statement" and went on to say: "Fox2 has become a sanctuary for out-of-work Pulitzer Prize winners" and said some "didn't really earn" the coveted prize. LeDuff won the Pulitzer while at the New York Times.
