Category Archives: Conyers series

Free Press editor: “Everybody does it”

Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin

[donation] By Joel Thurtell In previous posts (see my blog category JC & Me), I wrote about how the Detroit Free Press clamped down on my reporting on ways U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit abused his congressional staffers … Continue reading →

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Where did turkeys go? Gleaners asks if Conyers’ staff helped needy people

Posted on July 5, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] One more in a series of articles I wrote for the Detroit Free Press about the way U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. handles business in his congressoinal ofices. This story appears with permission of the Detroit … Continue reading →

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Aides: Conyers made us babysit

Posted on July 1, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers is the target of an FBI investigation, according to the July 1, 2008 Detroit Free Press. The FBI is looking into her role in a city sludge contract. But Monica Conyers … Continue reading →

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2 Conyers staffers at center of inquiry

Posted on June 29, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell [donation] This is the third Detroit Free Press story I wrote about misuse of congressional staffers by U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. The first two stories appeared on Nov. 21, 2003 and are republished in the “Conyers … Continue reading →

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Disappearing staffer turns up in Chicago

Posted on June 25, 2008 by admin

The story that follows — “Disappearing staffer turns up in Chicago” — is the second in a series of articles I reported and wrote for the Detroit Free Press in 2003-2006. My hope is that these seemingly historical footnotes will … Continue reading →

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Conyers’ staff broke rules for campaign work, aides charge

Posted on June 24, 2008 by admin

This is the first of a series of stories reported largely by me between 2003-2006 on the behavior of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a past master at ordering his taxpayer-paid staffers to work on political campaigns and act as his … Continue reading →

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