John Conyer's wife convicted of taking bribes

Not good at all. ADDED- She pled guilty and has been convicted. She faces up to 10 years in jail. Update here.

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors have charged Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, the wife of a congressman, with accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting a sludge contract with a Houston company.

Conyers is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery for allegedly accepting two payments from a Synagro Technologies official in late 2007, including one in a McDonald's parking lot.

She's the most prominent person snagged in an investigation of corruption in a sludge-recycling deal with Synagro. Two people who worked for the company have pleaded guilty.

Conyers' husband is John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee in Congress