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Conyers's Settlement With Former Staffer Was Paid Out of His Office Account
Weekly Standard ^

Posted on 11/22/2017 11:36:55 AM PST by BusterDog

Documents show the woman was declared a "temporary employee," and the payment did not come from the Office of Compliance.

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 115th; cultureofcorruption; ethicscommittee; johnconyers; michigan
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To: BusterDog

According to a report, this settlement came at about the same time his wife, monica, was convicted of taking bribes while on the Detroit City Council. Wonder what an audit of that money would show? Was monica collecting it and funneling it to the hubby to pay off his crime victims?


21 posted on 11/22/2017 11:56:38 AM PST by DPMD
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To: SMARTY

“If his constituents don’t care, then why should anyone else?”

Because we pay his Salary and We determine how a Congressman or Senator can behave.


22 posted on 11/22/2017 11:56:57 AM PST by heights
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To: BusterDog

Where did they office account come from? The TREASURY!!This lefty basturd needs prison.


23 posted on 11/22/2017 11:58:12 AM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall")
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To: BusterDog

Just a round-a-bout way of saying Tax payer funded so to avoid any unnecessary embarrassment .


24 posted on 11/22/2017 12:07:09 PM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing DEMOCRATIC about the democrat party ,, stop using that term :-()
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To: Bulwinkle

He embezzled it by paying a girl $13,000 a month. I’m sure she kicked some back


25 posted on 11/22/2017 12:07:39 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: BusterDog

Paying for his private behavior with public funds. Hopefully illegal, if not, should be. Worst part is that this is very likely business as usual around Congress. Maybe make all funding records of members of Congress public records?


26 posted on 11/22/2017 12:09:03 PM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: BusterDog

Yes they are. Conduct outside the scope of work are personal damages. He should be sued for all costs and interest.


27 posted on 11/22/2017 12:16:01 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: heights

“If his constituents don’t care, then why should anyone else?” I don’t care what his constituents care about. He paid for this with my money. The 17.2 million in that other fund is just a pittance of what is paid out as hush money. “We determine how a Congressman or Senator can behave.” Unfortunately we do not. Congressmen or Senators determine how they can behave. When criminals write the laws they make their crimes legal. McConnell and Ryan knew about all of this. They are at a minimum accomplices.


28 posted on 11/22/2017 12:23:14 PM PST by Vehmgericht ( stop)
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To: dp0622

Covering up the “expense” to pay for something that is not legit could be a problem for us regular folk. The IRS would be all over us for doing it.

Since it’s a congressman anything goes. Every gdamn one of them are criminals and they are using OUR money to do it.

We should be burning down their houses and offices at this point.


29 posted on 11/22/2017 12:27:30 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: NEMDF

Yes but....... it was severance. It was therefore legit. Legal, above board. /s


30 posted on 11/22/2017 12:29:17 PM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Bulwinkle
Forget the sex, it about embezzlement

Yup. Call the crime by it's name

31 posted on 11/22/2017 12:39:17 PM PST by zeugma (I always wear my lucky red shirt on away missions!)
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To: BusterDog

Great ... that makes it ok, so move along? (uh, not me!)


32 posted on 11/22/2017 1:20:40 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: BusterDog

mosappropriation of funds
theft
embezzlement
money laundering

Why hasn’t he been Arrested yet?? And some wonder why I strongly believe in Jury Nullification, if they won’t prosecute their own when the Criminal Acts are Public and Admitted, why would you vote guilty for just an average citizen accused of a non violent crime??

JURY RIGHTS

“The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.” John Jay, T’
Chief Justice U.S. supreme Court, 1789

“The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.” Samuel Chase, U.S. supreme
Court Justice, 1796, Signer of the unanimous Declaration

“The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.” Oliver Wendell
Holmes, U.S. supreme Court Justice, 1902

“The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.” Harlan F. Stone,
12”’ Chief Justice U.S. supreme Court, 1941

‘The pages of history shine on instances of the jury’s exercise of its prerogative to disregard

nd

instructions of the judge...” U.S. vs. Dougherty, 473 F 2”” 1113, 1139. (1972)

https://archive.org/stream/CitizensRuleBookJuryHandbook/citizen_djvu.txt


33 posted on 11/22/2017 3:02:53 PM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: BusterDog
well you dint expect HIM to pay for it did you?
34 posted on 11/22/2017 3:25:35 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: SMARTY

And I suppose if the bank depositors don’t complain about the bank robbery then it is ok. Regardless of what fund the settlement came out of, he should have to declare it as income and pay income tax, interest, penalties, FICA and Medicare tax on the money. I had to declare as income the cost oa parking space provided as a perk.


35 posted on 11/22/2017 6:02:25 PM PST by Saltmeat
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To: BusterDog

250 congressional settlements, this is one of them.


36 posted on 11/23/2017 7:03:01 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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