DETROIT -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has opened a historic hearing in Detroit to determine whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct and should be removed from office.
Kilpatrick's lawyers failed to persuade courts to stop the process, which began Wednesday morning. The mayor wasn't present for the hearing.
The Detroit City Council accuses the mayor of misleading it when it approved an $8.4 million settlement with fired police officers.
Council members say they didn't know the deal also covered up steamy text messages between Kilpatrick and his top aide.
Granholm is holding the hearing under her constitutional authority to remove elected officials.
Besides the removal hearing, Kilpatrick faces 10 felonies in two criminal cases.
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Courtesy of Associated Press.
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