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Just another in a long line of criminal conservatives.
Michael Grimm, US ex-congressman, jailed for tax evasion
Last year Grimm pleaded guilty to charges that he underreported more than $1m (£600,000) in wages from a Manhattan health food restaurant.
The New York Republican, who once threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony, was re-elected in November but later resigned.
Prosecutors had pushed for a two-year prison sentence.
Michael Grimm, US ex-congressman, jailed for tax evasion
Last year Grimm pleaded guilty to charges that he underreported more than $1m (£600,000) in wages from a Manhattan health food restaurant.
The New York Republican, who once threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony, was re-elected in November but later resigned.
Prosecutors had pushed for a two-year prison sentence.