Court Report

Councilwoman Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case

DETROIT – City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of powerful and popular Democratic congressman John Conyers, pleaded guilty to accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company. Conyers, a political unknown who won her council seat in 2005 largely on her husband's name, admitted in federal court to a single count of conspiracy to commit bribery, responding quietly to questions from Judge Avern Cohn. She faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she's sentenced. Read more...
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