BY SARAH THOMPKINS • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 22, 2008

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said this morning he thinks Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s investigation against him is “going to hell quickly.”

A decision is expected today on whether Worthy will amend a charge to indicate that Kilpatrick lied about his relationships with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, “and others.”

“She’s on the verge of committing some real prosecutorial misconduct,” the mayor said at a morning press conference at Campus Martius about Labor Day weekend events. “I think that it’s only now out of personal motive, there’s no justice involved … it’s a perversion of the law.”

Kilpatrick said it is unfortunate Worthy is issuing warrants and spending money on his case.

Kilpatrick and Beatty are facing perjury charges after text messages revealed that they lied under oath during a police whistle-blower trial last year.

“It’s just sad,” he said. “It’s sad for this city, because I think the citizens want this over. I think there’s an honorable way for her and our lawyers to come together and figure out a way we can stop all this nonsense.”

The mayor said he wants to have the focus back on building the city.

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