Ex. Sen. Bert Johnson in the film.
Ex-Sen. Bert Johnson may be prison bound, but you'll also find him on the big screen.
Atlas Industries of Southfield on Friday released a new trailer for an upcoming documentary titled “Bertram Johnson vs. The United States of America," reports Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News.
The release comes one day after Johnson, 44, of Highland Park, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Detroit to 90 days in jail, followed by two years of supervised release, with the first 90 days of that being in home confinement. He also must put in 480 hours of community service and pay more than $23,000 in restitution.
He pled guilty to putting a no-show employee on the state payroll to help pay off money he owed her. The theft of taxpayers' money totalled more than $23,000.
Johnson once promoted his story of redemption, becoming an elected official after a conviction for a 1993 break-in and armed robbery at the Oakland Hills Country Club.
In the trailer, which was filmed before his sentencing on Thursday, Johnson says he went to the Capitol “every day trying to make a difference, trying to make a change” and help constituents.
“And somebody wants to take it away from you? Somebody wants to say you’re not the guy anymore? Frustrated is not the word. It’s bullshit."
Interestingly, Johnson sounded far more contrite on Thursday in court than he did in the trailer, and and apologized to the judge for his thievery.
