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Related: About this forumPolitico: The end for Michael Grimm
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/michael-grimm-113758.html?google_editors_picks=true"Rep. Michael Grimm has always been a survivor, so when he stepped into a federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a felony charge that he evaded taxes, the move could mean the beginning of the end for his brief, but spectacularly colorful, political career.
Whether the New York Republicans plea deal will involve prison time wont be decided until a hearing on June 8, although with his record of public service, any period of incarceration would likely be short. Grimm faced as much as 20 years behind bars under his federal indictment."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/michael-grimm-113758.html#ixzz3Mlz5jTuV
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Politico: The end for Michael Grimm (Original Post)
LiberalElite
Dec 2014
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. rofl...
lame54
(35,294 posts)2. he'll survive this and keep his job
marble falls
(57,106 posts)3. He'll leave Congress for Fox with the other felons.
True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)4. Republicans will love him all the more.
Criminality is patriotism in the Rethugosphere.