WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? - AT 9:28 A.M. ET:  The latest crook news, from The Politico:

Monica Conyers, the chairwoman of the Detroit City Council and wife of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), pleaded guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, the latest blow to a city still reeling from the collapse of the U.S. auto industry and the jailing of its former mayor.

Monica Conyers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with a city sludge-hauling scandal. As a member of the Detroit City Council in 2007, Conyers cast the deciding vote in favor of awarding a $1.2 billion contract to Synagro Technologies Inc.

Monica Conyers’s attorney said Friday that she would be sentenced to between 30 and 37 months in federal prison.

COMMENT:  The congressman didn't attend the court session.  Can you just imagine the news coverage if this had been the wife of a Republican committee chairman? 

The key question is, "What did John Conyers know, and when did he know it?"  Did he know nothing about his wife's criminality?  Will anyone in the media ask?

June 27, 2009