On Thursday, a judge ordered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick jailed after determining he violated terms of his bond by taking an unauthorized trip to Canada last month.

According to CNN, “Kilpatrick, who is facing felony charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct of office, has been free on $75,000 bond. He has been snarled in a public scandal since January, when the Detroit Free Press reported that he had exchanged romantic text messages with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, indicating the two were involved in an affair.”

Last fall, he and Beatty testified in a whistle-blower trial and denied they had been involved in a romantic encounter.

Jim Parkman, Kilpatrick’s attorney, said an immediate appeal is planned. He claimed that the mayor’s trip wasn’t a personal trip, but for the sake of Detroit business.

As reported by CNN, “Kilpatrick visited Windsor, Ontario on July 23 to discuss with Windsor’s mayor a plan to sell Detroit’s half of the tunnel connecting the two cities, according to the Free Press. Under terms of his bond, Kilpatrick was required to give the court 48 hours’ notice for business travel, District Court Judge Ronald Giles noted Thursday.”

Mayor Kilpatrick apologized for the trip claiming his priority was taking care of the city.

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