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Monica Conyers Goes To Jail
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Disgraced Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, wife of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, will spend the next three years incarcerated (if you can even call it that) at a
Never the less, Conyers mounted an aggressive fight to avoid becoming a âcupcakeâ tenant. After pleading guilty to one of her many transgressionsâtaking bribes from a developerâthe flamboyant politician tried to change her plea when a judge sentenced her to 37 months in prison and two years of probation. The developer paid Conyers $6,000 to change her vote on a multi million-dollar city sewage contract and the FBI had electronic surveillance evidence of her taking cash bribes in fast-food parking lots.
But Conyers went ballistic during her March sentencing hearing, exploding in court and declaring that she wasnât going to jail for something she didnât do. She tried withdrawing the guilty plea and took her case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit when the judge refused. This week the appellate court denied Conyersâ last-ditch effort to stay out of jail, ruling that she must begin serving her sentence while she continues the appellate process.
No word if her beloved husband, who chairs the House committee that oversees the U.S. Attorneyâs office and the FBI, will accompany her when she turns herself in today. After all, despite his $174,000 annual salary, the veteran congressman wouldnât pay for his wifeâs criminal defense attorney. Taxpayers had to pick up the tab, even though Monica Conyersâ guilty plea waives the right to contest her jail sentence.
The Conyers case is just one of many public corruption scandals to rock
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