Former President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Michael Grimm, a former Republican representative from New York who was convicted of tax fraud in 2014. Grimm, who served in Congress before his conviction, was among the latest wave of pardons granted by Trump to Republican politicians with criminal records.
According to MSNBC, Grimm’s legal troubles stemmed from his management of a Manhattan restaurant, where he was accused in a 20-count indictment of underreporting nearly $1 million in earnings and reducing payroll taxes through off-the-books payments. He eventually pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud and was sentenced to eight months in prison, being released in 2016.
