NY Representative Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges...Refuses to Resign

[HomerJS]

Hmm, where are the thug comments for this guy? Guess that's reserved for the Afros...

Oh come on. Call white guy thug?

I don't know why the threat to kill that reporter didn't land him in jail?

 

[werepossum]

Boehner was hard on him even as Grimm tried to get off.

http://news.yahoo.com/representativ...g-guilty-plea-reports-032732523--finance.html

As part of a plea deal, Grimm also signed a statement of facts, admitting to concealing over $900,000 in gross receipts from 2007 to 2010 and lying during a 2013 deposition.

I'm sure the IRS and DOJ enjoyed the prosecution of a GOP Rep, but if this guy wasn't prosecuted then absolutely no one should ever be prosecuted. Doesn't get more egregious and willful than this.

Hmm, where are the thug comments for this guy? Guess that's reserved for the Afros...

Um, thugs aren't generally associated with white collar crime regardless of race. Though perhaps they should be; depending on tax rate this guy illegally pocketed maybe one to several hundred grand and faces a MAXIMUM of three years. That's a metric fuckton of stolen cigars at the least.

Lesson learned: Crime pays best at the wholesale level.

 

[HomerJS]

I'm sure the IRS and DOJ enjoyed the prosecution of a GOP Rep, but if this guy wasn't prosecuted then absolutely no one should ever be prosecuted. Doesn't get more egregious and willful than this.


Um, thugs aren't generally associated with white collar crime regardless of race. Though perhaps they should be; depending on tax rate this guy illegally pocketed maybe one to several hundred grand and faces a MAXIMUM of three years. That's a metric fuckton of stolen cigars at the least.

Lesson learned: Crime pays best at the wholesale level.

Um, did u see recording of him threatening to kill a reporter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odSkvaqWJOo

 

[werepossum]

Um, did u see recording of him threatening to kill a reporter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odSkvaqWJOo

No. My Youtubing is limited to music I can play in the background; I don't really watch anything there. I don't really watch much of anything anymore, it's SOOO slow compared to text.

If you want to call him a thug for threatening to kill a reporter, I won't object. My own standard is generally based on actions though, not words.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Um, did u see recording of him threatening to kill a reporter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odSkvaqWJOo

Well that wasn't nice.

 

[highland145]

I don't think he has been there long enough to get one unless you combine his FBI time with his congress time. Not sure how that works, only know it from 1 side or the other, not both mixed.

6 years is all it takes. Pretty good deal for public service. Don't know how long he's been in.

 

[Fern]

There's a lot of missing info (e.g., did he cooperate immediately or was he defiant? Did he, can he, make restitution?).

It appears at this point that he used his education (accounting & law) and professional experience in the FBI to flagrantly engage in criminal acts (criminal tax fraud). Simply put, it appears he learned and used the same tactics of the criminals he pursued. IMO, it's hard to get much worse than that.

His whole ploy revolved around cash. I.e., it should have been untraceable. That's damn hard evidence to dig up. I'd like to know how they caught him.

Seems a bit strange to me that he has a plea agreement but the sentence isn't known.

If he did what I suspect he needs to be in federal prison, no probation etc. I hope the plea doesn't allow him to avoid it.

Fern

 

[CZroe]

Reverend Al Sharpton, Tax Cheat, for US Congressional Representative.
What will Pelosi say then?

 

[highland145]

Reverend Al Sharpton, Tax Cheat, for US Congressional Representative.
What will Pelosi say then?

He needs congressional welfare.

 

[BoomerD]

Reported today...Grimm will step down on Jan. 5th.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/30/rep-michael-grimm-to-resign/