Foundation to ethics panel: Investigate Rep. Conyers
Samuel Riddle, a former aide to Monica Conyers – who resigned from Detroit City Council two weeks ago after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe in an unrelated matter, told the Free Press for a story published June 29 that Monica Conyers arranged for him to get a $20,000 consulting contract with Papas, then demanded $10,000 of that as a “finder’s fee.” Some time after that, Riddle said, John Conyers’ office drafted a letter to the EPA in support of transferring permits for the waste wells to Papas’ business.
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The Landmark Legal Foundation argued, however, that if John Conyers attempted to use his position to influence the EPA on Papas’ behalf, it may have constituted a breach of ethics rules. The organization also said if Monica Conyers received $10,000, it should have been disclosed on the congressman’s financial disclosures, which require a member of Congress to reveal any source of outside earned income above $1,000.
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