Conyers Pleads Guilty

Via Detroit Free Press:

Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond.
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U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, “The defendant now stands convicted.”

If you’ve followed the, shall we say antics, of Conyers at all, this part will be particularly amusing:

In court, Conyers’ combative demeanor was gone, replaced by soft-spoken resignation as the judge and his staff several times asked her to speak up.

If you’re not familiar with Conyers’ decidedly un-soft-spoken manner, watch and be amazed. Here’s the video clip of her famously calling a fellow council member “Shrek” during a Detroit City Council meeting…

And in response to criticism regarding that incident, she had a round-table discussion with a group of Detroit school children…and only managed to reveal that they had more maturity in one pinky than she could muster for her job heading up the city council.

If I lived in Detroit, I’d vote for that second little girl for city council before I voted for Conyers. In a heartbeat, as a matter of fact.