Republican Rep. Michael Grimm Surrenders Following Indictment

No wonder he wanted to kill a reporter over asking him questions about this.
NY Rep. Michael Grimm Surrenders Following Indictment

April 28, 2014
By AARON KATERSKY









New York Congressman Michael Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, surrendered to the FBI today to face charges of fraud, perjury and obstruction.
Grimm, a Republican from New York City's borough of Staten Island, had gained notoriety when he was caught on tape after the State of the Union speech earlier this year threatening to throw a reporter off the Capitol's balcony and said he would "break you in half, like a boy."
On the day of the president's State of the Union the congressman's camp had just learned through channels that a new round of interviews and subpoenas had been authorized in their dormant probe. Those interviews and interrogations were key to what is now the case against Grimm.
A spokesman for the congressman said today, “We are disappointed by the government's decision, but hardly surprised. From the beginning, the government has pursued a politically driven vendetta against Congressman Grimm and not an independent search for the truth. Congressman Grimm asserts his innocence of any wrongdoing."
The statement dismissed any suggestion that Grimm would resign.
"When the dust settles, he will be vindicated. Until then, he will continue to serve his constituents with the same dedication and tenacity that has characterized his lifetime of public service as a Member of Congress, Marine Corps combat veteran, and decorated FBI Special Agent," the statement said.
Grimm was elected as a Tea Party candidate in 2010 and is on the ballot in a bid for reelection later this year. For the past two years, federal prosecutors have been examining Grimm's fund-raising for his 2010 race. Two of his fund-raisers have already been charged.
The probe started with an investigation a health food restaurant he owned on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He invested in the restaurant after leaving the FBI in 2006.
The seat is getting a reputation as the "bad boy seat." Grimm was elected to replace Rep. Vito Fossella, a Democrat who resigned in 2008 after a drunk driving arrest led to the revelation that he had a secret family.

 

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Drunk driving is bad enough but threatening to kill someone on camera in the capital as an elected official for asking you a question while sober kind of crosses the line of sanity. I guess if the Feds are looking into your affairs in order to indict you, you might be a little sensitive to questions about your behaviors.

 

Get back with us on this if he's guilty.

 

But he is guilty - of being not liberal.

 

He is guilty of threatening to kill someone. That tells you nothing?

 

I seem to remember someone here threatening to kill another. I guess that means you are as guilty as he is.

 

You seem to remember many things that aren't true. Now go back to the the other thread and continue to lose your argument with Recusant. It's funny.

 

Ummmmm, no he isn't. It sounds like you're trying to pull a "George Zimmerman" on this guy. Try again.

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I will omit the abortion issue, but;

 

Again and again when you have no argument your resort to ad hominems. That's all you ever do and why I just ignore your sorry ass.

 

Oh, my. Oh, my. Those are your lines, not mine - while you are doing anything but ignore me.

 

The funny thing is that Vito Fossella was a Republican not a Democrat. The article is wrong.

 

... and so are you for thinking that Grimm was guilty of threatening to kill someone.

(cough) George Zimmerman (cough)