Trump Pardons Former Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm

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Trump pardons former GOP congressman Michael Grimm

Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress.

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Trump pardons former Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon on Wednesday to former Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm, NY1 has learned. The Republican lawmaker, who represented Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn in Congress from 2011 to 2015, pleaded guilty in December 2014 to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. He served seven months in prison, one month of house arrest, and 200 hours of community service.

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Donald Trump reveals latest criminals to get presidential pardons

On Wednesday, former New York City congressman Michael Grimm had his 2014 tax fraud conviction forgiven. Grimm, who represented Staten Island, served seven months in jail and carried out 200 hours of community service for the offence.

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Trump pardons ex-Staten Island and Brooklyn GOP Rep. Michael Grimm
Grimm, 55, served two terms in Congress before resigning in January 2015 following his guilty plea. He served seven months in prison in 2015 and 2016 after pleading guilty to underreporting taxable revenue from his Healthalicious restaurant in Manhattan. The former lawmaker’s pardon was first reported by NY1.
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Trump pardons Michael Grimm, former NY congressman who pleaded guilty to tax evasion
By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Grimm, the former New York congressman who served seven months in prison
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Trump pardons former New York Rep. Michael Grimm - Roll Call
Grimm resigned from Congress in 2015 in the middle of his third term representing a Staten Island-based district. He pleaded guilty to evading taxes, including by underreporting receipts from a restaurant business he operated before serving in Congress. While in Congress, Grimm once threatened to throw a reporter from that outlet off a Capitol Rotunda balcony.
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Trump Pardons Former N.Y. Congressman Michael Grimm
Grimm, who represented a Staten Island district, was sentenced to eight months in prison. Grimm admitted to underreporting employee wages at Healthalicious, a restaurant he co-owned before starting his political career. Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, was first elected as a member of Congress in 2010.
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Trump Pardons Ex-Rep Who Threatened to Throw Reporter From Balcony
Michael Grimm served seven months in prison and one month under house arrest after pleading guilty in 2014 to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return. Grimm represented Staten Island in the US Congress from 2011 to 2015. He admitted to concealing $900,000 in receipts from a Manhattan restaurant he was involved in, called Healthalicious.
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Trump administration says it has taken affirmative steps to retrieve an unlawfully deported Guatemalan man and return him to the United States. The concession comes in the case of O.C.G., a gay man who had succeeded in U.S. immigration court at not being deported to his home country but whom the Trump administration immediately deported.
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CNN halted for Donald Trump breaking news after President's bombshell move
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Congressman Michael Grimm. Grimm was found guilty of tax evasion and was sentenced to seven months in prison. The pardon is the latest in a series of high-profile cases involving the President's pardons. The White House announced the pardons on Wednesday.
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Trump pardons include disgraced former Conn. Gov. John Rowland
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