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(96,882 posts) Mon Dec 22, 2014, 04:26 PM Dec 2014

Rep. Michael Grimm to plead guilty to felony count of tax evasion, sources say [View all]

Source: New York Daily News

Rep. Michael Grimm will plead guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge of cheating on his taxes at a Manhattan restuarant he co-owned before entering Congress, the Daily News has learned.

The Staten Island Republican will enter the plea in Brooklyn federal court. A 1 p.m. hearing in the case has been scheduled, a court official said.

Grimm was charged in a 20-count federal indictment in April with hiding more than $1 million in sales and wages at the restaurant, and with hiring undocumented immigrants.

He had pleaded not guility to all the charges, and his trial was to begin in February.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/grimm-plead-guilty-felony-count-tax-evasion-article-1.2053630

I hope DCCC has identified a candidate more competent than Domenic Recchia

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Rep. Michael Grimm to plead guilty to felony count of tax evasion, sources say [View all] brooklynite Dec 2014 OP

Special election in my district coming up but i doubt we will win it. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #1

Isn't he the Congressman who threatened the TV reporter? DuckBurp Dec 2014 #2

Yes. vkkv Dec 2014 #5

It will beinteresting to see how the media reacts to this... mikeysnot Dec 2014 #10

He actually spun this as a positive in his campaign, believe it or not. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #12

the judge really needs to throw his ass in the slammer rurallib Dec 2014 #3

Hey, watch 'em move Alex Sink up to New York. Or hey - Martha Coakley from MA!!! calimary Dec 2014 #4

Maybe it's just me vkkv Dec 2014 #7

So I live a district and a half away from Alex Sink. She is, like all of us, flawed, but on the 24601 Dec 2014 #14

Fair enough. But to me, she was the poster child for what's been wrong with the Democratic Party's calimary Dec 2014 #21

Tampa and St Pete. (& Clearwater, etc) are one television market. When there is a Special Election 24601 Dec 2014 #23

Felony conviction means he cannot vote, so vkkv Dec 2014 #6

Yes he could still vote in Congress. There are only a few ways to remove a member of Congress. One 24601 Dec 2014 #24

Great. He doesn't pay his taxes. iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #8

And the republicans will still vote for him... mikeysnot Dec 2014 #9

for emphasis: The Staten Island Republican will enter the plea of guilty UpInArms Dec 2014 #11

A Grimm Future? Ryan Fitzomething Dec 2014 #13

The little weasle pled out. I wished he'd had fought it out and got a real sentence. marble falls Dec 2014 #15

Details? Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #16

He pled guilty to one charge. marble falls Dec 2014 #17

Jail? Out of office now? Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #18

He's trying to stay out of jail and in office. I bet he does at least some time and loses his office marble falls Dec 2014 #19

It is my hope donnasgirl Dec 2014 #20

It is my hope William Seger Dec 2014 #22

To my knowledge donnasgirl Dec 2014 #25

Has he been convicted? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #26

Not yet donnasgirl Dec 2014 #27

And your thoughts on Grimm? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #28

I believe donnasgirl Dec 2014 #29

Thanks for answering. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #30