Grimm day! Ex-rep gets eight months behind bars
Seven months after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion, former Congressmember Michael Grimm learned his fate – eight months in prison.
Grimm – who got considerably less than the sentence prescribed by federal sentencing guidelines, 18 to 24 months — was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen, who told him, “Your moral compass, Mr. Grimm, needs some reorientation.”
Chen – who also sentenced Grimm to a year’s probation and 200 hours of community service –wasn’t buying Grimm’s argument that the crime he had committed was a common one. “That this type of crime is common does not lessen its significance,” she said, stressing of the former Marine and former FBI agent, “He of all people knew better.”