New York Rep. Michael Grimm (R) surrendered to the FBI on Monday after being named in a 20 count indictment, “including tax fraud and mail fraud, for allegedly concealing more than $1 million in sales and wages at a Manhattan restaurant he owned before he was elected to Congress,” as reported by NBC New York.
Grimm was charged Monday in a 20-count indictment that accuses him of under-reporting the payroll and earnings of the Upper East Side restaurant, Healthalicious, which he ran from 2007 to 2010. He pleaded not guilty in federal court and was released on bond.
“Michael Grimm never met a tax he didn’t lie to evade,” U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said.
Grimm found himself at the center of controversy back in January, in an unrelated incident, where he threatened to break a reporter in half who had questioned him about a probe into his campaign finances. That investigation has already resulted in the arrest of one of Grimm’s fundraisers for allegedly using “straw donors to funnel more than $10,000 into his campaign as NBC New York reports. Grimm has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing in that incident, but his campaign finances remain under federal investigation.
In the clips below, you can see Lynch outlining the 20 count indictment against Rep. Grimm followed by raw footage of Grimm outside the FBI office in New York where Grimm surrendered.
Rep. Michael Grimm charged with fraud
NY Rep. Michael Grimm Accused of Concealing Sales, Wages From His Restaurant
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