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House Ethics Committee to Continue Inquiry Into Dem. Rep. Conyers
freebeacon ^ | Charles Fain Lehman August 9, 2017 | Charles Fain Lehman August 9, 2017

Posted on 08/09/2017 4:11:53 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it will extend its inquiry into Rep. John Conyers's (D., Mich.) payments to his former chief of staff.

The committee said it needed more time to review a report by the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Associated Press reports. The report suggests that there is "substantial reason" to believe that Conyers paid his chief of staff, Cynthia Martin, for work she did not perform.

In April of 2016, Conyers claimed to have placed Martin on unpaid leave, after she pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property. However, the ethics office said that she was paid over $13,000 a month through August of 2016.

Investigators were told as early as June of 2016 that she no longer worked in the office; she was only officially fired in October.

A spokesman for Conyers said that he has worked to comply with all rules, and is cooperating fully with the ethics committee.

The ethics committee will also be extending its investigation into Michael Collins, chief of staff to Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.). The Office of Congressional Ethics has suggested there is reason to believe Collins improperly served in two roles, acting both as Lewis's chief of staff and as treasurer of his 2016 election campaign. He received $167,500 in the former position, and $55,000 over two years in the latter.

Conyers is the longest serving member of Congress, having represented his Detroit congressional district for 27 terms, since 1965.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: charlesfainlehman; conyers; cynthiamartin; ethicscommittee; etics; johnconyers; johnlewis; michaelcollins; michigan

1 posted on 08/09/2017 4:11:53 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

On March 10, 2010, a federal judge sentenced Conyer’s wife, Monica Conyers, to 37 months in prison with an additional two years of supervised probation.

Monica Conyers served just over 27 months of her 37-month sentence, at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia for her conviction in the bribery scandal. She was released on December 21, 2012 to a residential re-entry program in the Detroit area and was released to home confinement in the Detroit area on January 25, 2013. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Ed Ross said Conyers earned 108 days of credit for good behavior and was released from federal custody officially on May 16, 2013


2 posted on 08/09/2017 4:17:18 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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Conyers is a Communist. His wife was convicted of something too I think. This will only help him of course.


3 posted on 08/09/2017 4:19:32 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MarvinStinson

Drain the swamp.

Max Waters is just begging for an inquiry into her generous nepotism.


4 posted on 08/09/2017 4:27:39 PM PDT by upchuck (Turn signals and brake lights... instant messaging before there was instant messaging.)
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To: MarvinStinson

SLOW-FOOTED....SLOW-WITTED STUPID Republicans!!! He;s as dirty as a 3 month old’s DIAPERS!


5 posted on 08/09/2017 4:27:54 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MarvinStinson
Was it one of Conyer's offspring that was using his Congressional car for their own drug dealing use, and it was stolen while doing so?

Or was it some other corrupt Dem. I think an MD dem's daughter was using a Congressional vehicle to pick up extra cash driving for a pizza place, or a car service.

6 posted on 08/09/2017 4:54:29 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: upchuck

Nothing ever comes of these half assed

investigations.


7 posted on 08/09/2017 6:44:45 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: MarvinStinson

How long before race becomes the issue?


8 posted on 08/09/2017 6:51:51 PM PDT by kempster
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