On Thursday, a judge ruled that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can travel to Denver to attend the Democratic National Convention and can get rid of an electronic tether that had been ordered as part of his bond in his perjury case.

The Houston Chronicle reports that, “Kilpatrick and his former top aide were in Wayne County Circuit Court for an arraignment on perjury and other charges stemming from a text-messaging sex scandal. Not guilty please were entered on their behalf.”

Circuit Judge Leonard Townsend raised the question about whether Kilpatrick should be allowed to attend the convention, since he is a super-delegate. Yet, prosecutors objected to the judge’s decision.

A week ago, Kilpatrick spent a night in jail because he violated his bond by taking a quick business trip to Canada without notifying authorities. With bond conditions imposed by another judge that included no travel and the tether, Kilpatrick was released Friday.

According to the Chronicle, “Kilpatrick and former aide Christine Beatty were charged in March with conspiracy, perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office, all tied to their testimony in a civil trial.”

In late January, the Detroit Free Press published sexually explicit text-messages between the pair, which contradicted their denial of an affair, a key point in the trial last year involving a former deputy police chief.

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