City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman John Conyers, pleaded guilty Friday to accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company.
Conyers, a fiery 44-year-old first-term council member, 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.
Conyers left court without commenting.
Her lawyer, Steve Fishman, declined to comment on the specifics of Conyers' case outside of court, saying only that all plea deals were more or less the same.
Rep. John Conyers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who has no role in the case, didn't answer when questioned about it as he walked to the House floor for a vote Friday morning. "I have no comment whatever," he said. - FOX News Story
Makes you wonder how this isn't bigger news? If it was John McCains Wife it would be huge front page leading story news.
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