(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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