"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."
Posted on 06/16/2009 1:14:32 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Reports: Wife of Rep. Conyers threatened with indictment @ 3:42 pm by Michael O'Brien
Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, the wife of longtime Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) received a letter Tuesday indicating a pending indictment from federal authorities on corruption-related charges.
Conyers received a pre-indictment letter instructing her to reach a plea deal with prosecutors by the end of the week or face charges, according to Detroits two papers, the Free Press and News.
The investigation involves whether Conyers took bribes to switch her vote on a $1.2 billion contract with Synagro Technologies to handle disposal of Detroit's sludge. Conyers, who served as head of the City Council after the ouster of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has been under investigation for some time for her connections to the deal.
The News reported that Conyers is considering a plea bargain, but is reluctant to serve jail time as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Rep. Conyers is chairman of the influential House Judiciary Committee.
Not to worry-the Mocha Muslim will just fire the prosecutor.Could you find 12 white people in Detroit for a jury?Didn’t think so.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/Feds-Closing-in-on-Monica-Conyers/LBmZbH2epEirk2llS2sRdQ.cspx
local story with video
As always, there will be crys of “RACISM” from this one.....and protests of support by Jesse Jackass and Al Sharptoon, etc.
From the Detroit News:
Conyers mostly ignored reporters when she left City Hall in an unmarked car after 3 p.m. en route to her weekly television show “Ask the Councilwoman With Monica Conyers.” But when asked if she would accept a plea, she murmured that The Detroit News was “full of (it).”
Conyers seemed to briefly allude to the allegations during a live broadcast of her show on WHPR-TV (Channel 33). She acknowledged that she’s been in the news, but challenged detractors, saying, “If you aren’t praying for me, then you are just adding to the problem.”
“First and foremost, I am a child of God,” Conyers said. “All these things going on right now, I believe in my heart, God will deliver me from.”
Later in the show, Conyers brushed off a caller who asked directly what she thought about the “latest scandal” involving Synagro. “I don’t have a thought,” she said.
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round..."
DemocRATs dealing in what they know best.
this female Conyers is a hoot in every way.....
http://www.wxyz.com/search/sitesearch.aspx?q=Conyers
I wonder how long the prosecutor will be in his job. More than likely he will fall into the line behind that IG who got axed last week because he got to close to one of the Bro’s.
Vince
Can we please see her frog-marched out of City Hall in handcuffs?
do I really have to say it???
They’re not bribes. They’re ‘Voluntary equitable monetary redistributions’ in acknowledgement of past injustices.
< s/o >
Has the wife of a sitting congressman ever gone to jail, before? We had one First Lady hospitolized in a sanitarium, but not in jail, that I know of.
She's just expanding the pattern and being a bit more creative.
“If she goes to prison, I guess he’ll be limited to conjugal visits.”
It’ll be the start of Prison Break 4...lolol.
“First and foremost, I am a child of God”
She’ll hopefully have lots of time in jail to explore her sudden rush of faith...hope she finds the true God.
You’re bad.
It seems to me, that a number of other politicians have wives who are lobbyist. Like Daschle.
The bedroom conversation must be fascinating.
Only, I never heard of one actually getting charged with bribery, before.
BTW, how come every time there is a bribery scandal, the guy who paid the bribe goes to jail, while the guy who took the bribe gets reelected?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpzRuB-YMpg
Eighth Grader Kierra Bell teaches Council Woman Coyners a few things
around 2:46 ....just wait for it. I hope Miss Bell considers
running for public office when she grows up. It's obvious
her Parents are stellar people.
If Detroit is in Illinois, I will be Alabami bound. :)
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