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Conyers pleads guilty to conspiracy
ABC ^ | 06/26/09 | Staff

Posted on 06/26/2009 6:05:28 PM PDT by Mozilla

Monica Conyers, the wife of the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., pleaded guilty to one count of bribery in a federal court in Detroit, this morning.

According to court documents, in late 2007, Mrs. Conyers, president pro tem of the Detroit City Council, twice accepted envelopes filled with cash, once in the parking lot of a Detroit McDonalds.

Mrs. Conyers faces up to 5 year in prison, three years supervised release and/or a $250,000 fine. Calls to an attorney for Mrs. Conyers were not immediately returned.

Jackson was working as a consultant for Synagro which won the $1.2 Billion contract to remove sludge from the city's water treatment plants. The contract was awarded in 2007.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bribes; conyers; corruptdems; detroit; monicaconyers; scandals; senate; synagro
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Corruption by another Democrat. Not surprised.
1 posted on 06/26/2009 6:05:28 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

It explains why Conyers dropped his interest in investigating ACORN!


2 posted on 06/26/2009 6:06:34 PM PDT by Steamburg ( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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To: Mozilla

Obama will pardon her worthless a$$. Mark my word.


3 posted on 06/26/2009 6:08:01 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: Mozilla

the wife of the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

What more is there to say?


4 posted on 06/26/2009 6:09:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: shankbear

My prediction: Suspended jail term and a $10,000 fine.


5 posted on 06/26/2009 6:10:46 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yes, bur *CRAP* don’t stink ... he still smells like a rose!

Unless there is another indictment coming down the pike!


6 posted on 06/26/2009 6:11:57 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Mozilla

Sounds like my state of MA.
A lot of this stuff has been going on around here lately....well some have been getting caught lately at least.

Speaker of the house, state senator, city councilman etc etc...


7 posted on 06/26/2009 6:12:21 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Mozilla
A couple of E-Mails I sent to a neighbor this morning when I heard this good News:

In other news, how about Conyers! Granted she only ‘Pleads’ to one count (Out of hundreds I'm sure exist) that carries between 3-5 Years in the Pokey but this is a start. Now, let's dig into the Pension Board shenanigans. I'm sure that's good for another 5-10 years.

Of course this is all predicated upon the Authorities not bending over backwards to show ‘Leniency’ in light of her ridiculous marriage to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Now that is quite a joke isn't it?

And;

OMG! I just heard on TV that Conyers could:

1) Actually get off with no jail time and no fine and;

2) Could actually be RE-ELECTED to her Seat. Apparently the Ballots for the next Election (Aug) have already been printed and she will appear on it. To boot, the requirements to sit on the Council are that she be a US Citizen and a resident of Detroit - i.e., Nothing about any type of conviction, etc.

Would not not surprised if both 1 and 2 actually come to pass!

8 posted on 06/26/2009 6:12:21 PM PDT by TCats
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To: Mozilla

She should get 10 years hard labor.


9 posted on 06/26/2009 6:14:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: K-oneTexas

Seems to me that John Conyers is in a good position to get rid of his wife if he so desires.


10 posted on 06/26/2009 6:15:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: cripplecreek

Keep her at arms length or “not with an 18 foot pole” length.

Ah, but we forgot the pre-nup! She gets most of it and he gets to stay in Congress.

No, that’s not right, is it? /sarc


11 posted on 06/26/2009 6:19:30 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Mozilla

You’d best believe that her husband knew about it, and let it go on.


12 posted on 06/26/2009 6:21:12 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: mowowie
All Liberal States are corrupt. Just look at Illinois, New York and California. All have had recent scandals by Democrats.

Illinois had Blago.

New York had Spitzer.

And in California the Los Angeles Mayor had an affair.

13 posted on 06/26/2009 6:26:27 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: cripplecreek

John Conyers might have know something. He should be investigated to see if he had known or helped in any way. He could even be charged with covering up evidence if he was involved and who knows probably was.


14 posted on 06/26/2009 6:33:08 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Black President, Black Attorney General, Black Congressional Caucus, Black Congressman’s wife, wife is Black Council Member in Obama stronghold - black DETROIT, heavy black union membership town receiving BILLIONS in white taxpayer’s “stimulus” money....

The bitch will walk with barely a wrist slap and NO jail time.

America is coming under the rule of a mixture of tribal African and Chicago “rules”....... Corruption, Thugocracy and Communist thinking -— all of which will have to be dismantled by the gun rather than the vote, since the vote is already invalidated by illegals voting, ACORN vote fraud and no I.D. required to vote.....


15 posted on 06/26/2009 6:34:06 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Mozilla

It’s alright she had a right to do it. You know, because of slavery.


16 posted on 06/26/2009 6:43:37 PM PDT by Carry me back
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To: grellis; cripplecreek; Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; neverdem

Funny how the term “Culture of Corruption” isn’t used when it’s Democrats who get caught.


17 posted on 06/26/2009 6:43:47 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The McCain/Palin ticket was like a Kangaroo, stronger on the bottom than at the top)
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To: Mozilla

It was just reparations she was accepting in the parking lot.

She’s black and John Conyers wife. Probation. That’s all she’ll get. Maybe not even have to resign her council seat. What a sham.


18 posted on 06/26/2009 6:44:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Mozilla

wtf is “Jackson?”


19 posted on 06/26/2009 7:16:56 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: mowowie

And all democrats.


20 posted on 06/26/2009 7:17:37 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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