The missing turkey caper

Alright, Congressman Conyers & staff, 'fess up. What exactly did happen to those 60 turkeys given to your office by a Detroit food bank two days before Thanksgiving to distribute to needy people?

That's 720 pounds of frozen birds that apparently did not make it into the hands of needy folks, but did apparently get distributed to "friends" of the Conyers' office. Like one federal court worker who says he was offered a free turkey.

The "turkey situation" has gotten a bit out of hand now that a list of recipients of the turkeys has been promised on multiple occasions, with no materialization.

Apparently a former Conyers staffer, DeWayne Boyd, picked up the frozen birds in question and later gave contradictory accounts of what exactly happened to them. Boyd was fired from Conyers staff in 2002 and was convicted on seven counts of fraud by a US District Court because of a scam he apparently was running from Conyers' offices in 1999.

So, naturally, Boyd would be the perfect person to count on to deliver turkeys to needy people on Thanksgiving.

Good heavens.