U.S. Politics Headlines By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - This fall, when Representative Michael Grimm asks New York voters to send him to Washington for a third term in Congress he may be splitting his time between the campaign trail and a courtroom where he is due to face tax evasion charges. Grimm, a Republican and former FBI agent who represents parts of the citys Staten Island and Brooklyn boroughs, was indicted in April on charges of fraud, perjury and conspiracy tied to his restaurant, Healthalicious. Last week, prosecutors asked a federal judge to start his trial in October, weeks ahead of the Nov. 4 election. Its disturbing that a politician thinks hes above the law, Weinberg said while riding the Staten Island ferry to Manhattan.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:29:07 +0000
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