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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2014, 05:48 PM Dec 2014

TYT: Michael Grimm Convicted But Still In Congress

"Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) pleaded guilty to one count of felony tax fraud on Tuesday.

Appearing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Grimm's lawyers said the lawmaker would plead guilty to the fourth count of a 20-count indictment that federal prosecutors brought against the congressman in April.

Grimm's guilty plea carries with it a maximum sentence of three years in prison, but whether or not he serves jail time will ultimately be decided by the sentencing judge in June.

The congressman's admission of guilt marks the latest development in a long legal saga related to Grimm's ownership stake in Healthalicious, an Upper East Side restaurant."

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TYT: Michael Grimm Convicted But Still In Congress (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2014 OP

He won't serve time incarcerated. Shrike47 Dec 2014 #1

so Cops and Congressmen could probably yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #2

If he already pleaded guilty, why exactly does he get to wait 6 months to be sentenced? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #3

To the GOP, tax evasion is not a real crime. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #4

DC is a racket. blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #5

Will this be the proverbial straw that breaks through? DeSwiss Dec 2014 #6

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

1. He won't serve time incarcerated.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 05:53 PM

Dec 2014

He's 1)white 2) important 3) affluent 4) Republican. He'll get some house arrest, work release and restitution.

Then he'll go on Fox and say it was all political.

yuiyoshida

(41,867 posts)

2. so Cops and Congressmen could probably

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 06:20 PM

Dec 2014

commit murder and get away with it. This country truly is messed up.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

3. If he already pleaded guilty, why exactly does he get to wait 6 months to be sentenced?

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 07:12 PM

Dec 2014

I think it would make more sense to decide his sentence BEFORE he would be seated in the next Congress.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

4. To the GOP, tax evasion is not a real crime.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:00 PM

Dec 2014

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

5. DC is a racket.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 12:03 AM

Dec 2014

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

6. Will this be the proverbial straw that breaks through?

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 12:06 AM

Dec 2014

- I doubt it. when sheeple sleep they sleep HARD and L O N G and nothing seems to wake them. And even when awakened, most keep their eyes shut tight.

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