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'On Her Own' For Legal Fees, Monica Conyers Declared Indigent

Justin Elliott | March 16, 2010, 5:33PM

Monica Conyers and Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

With former Detroit City Council president Monica Conyers appealing the three-year sentence she received last week after pleading guilty to bribery charges, a federal judge today appointed a public defender to represent Conyers, whom he declared indigent.

A statement from a court spokesman suggests that Monica Conyers' husband, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), is not willing to pitch in for legal fees.

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Topics: Detroit City Council, John Conyers, Monica Conyers

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Report: John Conyers Leads "Separate Life" From Corrupt Wife

Zachary Roth | July 6, 2009, 4:54PM

It looks like it's not just us and the local press asking questions about what Rep. John Conyers knew of the bribery scheme to which his wife pleaded guilty last week.

The Washington Post got in on the game yesterday -- but it also offered a bit of detail about John and Monica Conyers' marriage which may support the House Judiciary chair's claim that he was in the dark.