POSTED AT 9:21 AM ON APRIL 28, 2014 BY ED MORRISSEY
The last we heard from Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), he threatened to throw a reporter off of a balcony. He has bigger problems than anger-management issues today, though. Grimm turned himself in to the FBI today to answer charges of fraud related to a health-food restaurant he owned prior to his election to Congress:
New York Congressman Michael Grimm surrendered to federal authorities today after being indicted on campaign finance violations.Grimm, a Republican from New York City’s borough of Staten Island, had gained notoriety when he was caught on tape after the State of the Union speech earlier this year threatening to throw a reporter off the Capitol’s balcony and said he would “break you in half, like a boy.”Grimm, a former FBI agent, was indicted on charges of fraud, obstruction and perjury.
That ABC News report may be slightly inaccurate, at least on the nature of the charges. Grimm had been under investigation for campaign-finance violations, but these charges are not entirely related to that issue, according to the Washington Post:
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