Former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), who has been out of prison for less than two years, is planning a comeback bid for his former House seat, NY1 reported over the weekend.
Grimm will announce his campaign for the seat representing Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn at a rally on Oct. 1, per NY1. The New York Post and DNA Info also reported Monday that Grimm is considering a run for his old seat against Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY), who currently represents the district.
Grimm is notorious for his aggressive behavior, and he left Congress in 2015 after pleading guilty to tax fraud. He served seven months in prison, and hinted upon his release that he may jump back into politics.
During an interview in 2014, he threatened an NY1 reporter during an interview, telling the journalist, “I will break you in half. Like a boy.”
Grimm also reportedly threatened a patron at a Queens night club in 1999 while he served as an FBI agent. While serving in Congress in 2012, Grimm “picked up and wielded a butter knife” when a New York Democrat made a joke about Democrats’ attempts to challenge incumbent Republicans in the upcoming election.
The former congressman also spent a particularly long time with a woman in the bathroom of a Brooklyn bar in 2013, before he resigned from Congress. However, he denied that anything inappropriate occurred.
He is a slimy crook. Anyway as a condition of parole the Feds generally require that a felon not associate with other slimy crooks. Almost by definition that means he can’t work in Congress.
… in a potential Democratic wave year when even Staten Island might vote for a Democrat.
Fixed it for you. Hope you don’t mind.
He served seven months in prison which not only increased his GOP bona fides but also gave him time to reflect on and hone his understanding of the core principles of GOPism. Eliminating the cause of the tax fraud to which he plead guilty will be his contribution to the GOP tax reform bill.
Or he could use his prison cred as an up-and-coming rapper…
No doubt he’s found Jesus or something and is now worthy of forgiveness and can be trusted to mind the children.