President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official.
Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to the government, and that he filed false tax documents. Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison.
Grimm, who was former Marine and FBI agent before he was elected to Congress, represented Staten Island and part of Brooklyn from 2011 to 2015.
Separately, he was under investigation for alleged campaign finance violations relating to his fundraising in his 2010 race.
Grimm won reelection in 2014 in spite of his indictment, but he pleaded guilty a month later to one count of tax fraud. He resigned from Congress in January 2015 and served eight months in prison.
In 2018, he attempted a comeback but lost a Republican primary for his old district to incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan, who then lost the general election to Democrat Max Rose.
In September 2014, Grimm was paralyzed from the chest down after he was thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.
Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
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