GOP Rep. Michael Grimm indicted on 20 counts

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GOP Rep. Michael Grimm indicted on 20 counts
04/28/14 03:55 PM
By Steve Benen


As expected, Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.), a former FBI agent who’s been the subject of a long-time criminal investigation, was indicted today.



Grimm was released on a $400,000 bond. Pending trial, the congressman is not permitted to travel outside the continental United States and he will have to surrender his passport.

Talking to reporters outside a New York courthouse, Grimm described himself as “a moral man,” who is now the victim of a “political witch hunt.” The congressman has vowed not to resign.

Complicating matters a bit, the New York Republican is facing a lengthy list of charges – including impeding the IRS, conspiracy to defraud the United States, perjury, filing false tax returns, mail fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud, and the hiring of undocumented immigrants – but as Roll Call noted, all of the charges relate to Grimm’s private business ventures that pre-date his election to Congress four years ago.

That’s important because Grimm is also under investigation for alleged campaign-finance irregularities – which may or may not lead to additional charges in the future.

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In other words, the GOP congressman has had a “no good, very bad” day, but his troubles aren’t quite over.