Republican Michael Grimm pleads guilty to tax fraud

[Listening]

Republicans don't believe in paying taxes.

That is why they nominated Romney.

I think I should quote this post in deanie's thread about lies the other side spreads about your party.

With Chrissy...it's an extra book in his bible.

 

[Listening]

House censures a defiant Charles Rangel by overwhelming vote - John Bresnahan and Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

 

[Chris]

The indictment against Mr. Grimm alleged that he essentially kept two sets of records and provided his accountant with doctored books, leading to inaccurate tax forms being filed with the government.
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Prosecutors said Mr. Grimm concealed more than $1 million in gross receipts for the restaurant and failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in employee wages, thus fraudulently lowering his federal and state tax payments. The indictment said he also lied under oath in a deposition taken in January 2013, while he was a member of Congress.

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

Representative Michael G. Grimm, a Republican from Staten Island who was easily re-elected to his third term in Congress last month despite a pending federal indictment, has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony charge of tax fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/nyregion/rep-michael-grimm-to-plead-guilty-to-tax-charge.html

And who's in charge of the most rotten corrupt IRS bureaucracy in our nation's history? I know! I know! Michael Grimm should claim that all his records were on a crashed hard drive!

 

[NYcarbineer]

Well, if the cops ever choke him to death, we'll know it was his fault for being a lawbreaker.

 

[SwimExpert]

Representative Michael G. Grimm, a Republican from Staten Island who was easily re-elected to his third term in Congress last month despite a pending federal indictment, has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony charge of tax fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/nyregion/rep-michael-grimm-to-plead-guilty-to-tax-charge.html

And who's in charge of the most rotten corrupt IRS bureaucracy in our nation's history? I know! I know! Michael Grimm should claim that all his records were on a crashed hard drive!

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......Are you really trying to say that the IRS is to blame for Grimm committing tax fraud?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Representative Michael G. Grimm, a Republican from Staten Island who was easily re-elected to his third term in Congress last month despite a pending federal indictment, has agreed to plead guilty to a single felony charge of tax fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/nyregion/rep-michael-grimm-to-plead-guilty-to-tax-charge.html

And who's in charge of the most rotten corrupt IRS bureaucracy in our nation's history? I know! I know! Michael Grimm should claim that all his records were on a crashed hard drive!

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......Are you really trying to say that the IRS is to blame for Grimm committing tax fraud?

Think they were insinuating Grimm should claim a lost hard drive and plead the fifth.

 

[plant]

Another rightwing slimeball corrupt politician ... See ya !

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Another rightwing slimeball corrupt politician ... See ya !

Thats what I like about republicans. They dont have a problem telling the corrupt among them to hit the highway.
Dems on the other hand...

 

[mdk]

I don't care what party this man represents in Congress. He should resign gracefully and if he doesn't the House should toss him out on his ears.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Anyone remember the video clip where he played tough guy with the reporter?



That's what makes this conviction waaaaay above priceless lol.

 

[Avatar4321]

Its a weson conspiracy