(snipped from USA Today's website from the google news aggregate)

N.Y. Rep. Grimm in custody, faces criminal charges

Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., reportedly will surrender to federal authorities
Monday as he faces
criminal charges stemming from his 2010 campaign.


N.Y. Rep. Grimm in custody, faces criminal charges

Catalina Camia and Kevin Johnson , USA TODAY 9:46 a.m. EDT April 28, 2014
AP Grimms Rabbi

Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y.


WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., surrendered Monday to federal authorities in New York
to face criminal charges.

Grimm, 44, was taken into custody after turning himself in to FBI agents in Manhattan. Brooklyn
U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch scheduled a news conference at 11 a.m. ET to formally announce the
charges against the former FBI agent. His lawyer, William McGinley, said Friday that the U.S.
attorney "disclosed its intent to file criminal charges" against the lawmaker.

Grimm has acknowledged that he received $250,000 to $300,000 in campaign donations from followers
of Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, an Israeli rabbi. Some of Pinto's followers in New
York have said they
made tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Grimm, including gifts
passed through straw donors.

Ofer Biton, the businessman who served as Grimm's liaison to Pinto's congregation, pleaded guilty
in August to an immigration fraud charge. Diana Durand, a woman had been romantically involved
with the congressman, was charged Friday of using straw donors to make illegal campaign
contributions and for making false statements to the FBI. Durand's lawyer said she would plead
not guilty.

McGinley said Friday the government has pursued "a politically driven vendetta" against Grimm,
who has said he has done nothing wrong. "When the dust settles, he will be vindicated," McGinley
said in his statement.

Grimm made national headlines in January when he threatened a TV reporter on
camera who attempted
to ask him about the long-running federal investigation. Grimm later apologized to NY1 reporter
Michael Scotto.

Grimm represents a swing district based on Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. President Obama
won New York's 11th Congressional District in 2012 with 52% of the vote.

New York Republican Congressman Michael Grimm threatened to throw a reporter
from NY1 over a
balcony in the US Capitol, after the State of the Union address. The reporter had asked Grimm
about campaign finance allegations. (Jan. 29) AP



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