Sources Say Rep. Grimm Floating Plea Deal In Federal Case
Source: City & State
Rep. Michael Grimm is due to go on trial in October to face a host of charges, including mail and wire fraud, but there is chatter this week in political circles that the congressman has floated a plea deal to federal prosecutors.
Sources from both sides of the aisle tell City & State that Grimm has proposed pleading guilty to a misdemeanor on the conditions of no jail time and being able to keep his seat. The sources also said that Grimm is particularly concerned with keeping his law license.
The 20-count federal indictment of Grimm includes allegations that he skimmed more than $1 million from a Manhattan health food restaurant he owned prior to running for office, as well as charges that he hired undocumented workers and filed false tax returns for the restaurant. If convicted, the charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
In a written statement sent to City & State in response to inquiries for this article, a spokesman for Grimm said that the congressman had not yet had an opportunity to meet with the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, which brought the charges against him, as his counsel was only just approved by a U.S. District Court judge this week. The Daily News reported last Friday that Grimm had replaced his original lawyers with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Rashbaum.
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A misdemanor and continued service in the House? I'd say go to trial.
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than Democrats because when they were caught breaking the law, in ethics violations or sex scandals they resigned.
He was from Louisiana and that was just a year or so after David Vitter got caught (figuratively) in diapers with a hooker. I pointed out the obvious and was informed that, well, Republican voters would vote him out! 'cause Morality! and stuff.
