Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Will he be re-elected before he goes to jail?
This is a very real possibility for Michael Grimm, Teabag Douche from Staten Island.
The federal fraud trial of Representative Michael G. Grimm will begin on Dec. 1, clearing what could have been a substantial obstacle to his re-election efforts.If he is convicted, will Orange John Boener let him vote by mail from jail, if and when any votes might be taken?
The trial date was set on Tuesday at a hearing in Federal District Court in Brooklyn.
The fraud charges have been a focal point in the contest for Mr. Grimm’s seat in the 11th Congressional District, which encompasses Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Mr. Grimm is the only Republican in New York City’s congressional delegation, and is running for a third term against Domenic M. Recchia Jr., a Democrat.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running two television advertisements, one of which it introduced on Monday, that highlight the fraud charges. Both use clips from a news conference that the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta E. Lynch, held to announce the 20-count indictment against Mr. Grimm in April.
After delving for more than two years into Mr. Grimm’s campaign finances, federal authorities ended up charging Mr. Grimm with underreporting wages and revenues while he was running a Manhattan health-food restaurant between 2007 and 2010.
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