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Detroit councilwoman pleads to taking bribes

Jun. 26, 2009
Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a powerful Democratic congressman John Conyers, has pleaded guilty to accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company. Conyers appeared at a federal court...
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