Monroe County* prosecutor charged the Detroit city councilman with misconduct in office.

The felony charge comes a month before Leland was scheduled to go to trial in federal court on three counts of bribery for allegedly demanding $15,000 from Bob Carmack to help the businessman in a dispute with the city.

*Wayne County Prosecutor Worthy cited a conflict of interest in any as the case involves Carmack, who is suing county officials, so the Michigan Attorney General's office assigned the case to Monroe County.

[Steve] Fishman [Leland's attoryn] planned to attack Carmack's credibility. Carmack is currently awaiting trial on allegations that he stole city land and sold it for $1 million. Carmack denies any wrongdoing, and the district court judge who bound the case over for trial in Wayne County Circuit Court did so after questioning the strength of the prosecution's case.

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