The [Grand Jury] charges against Mr. Grimm, 44, a Republican who was first elected in 2010 and represents Staten Island and a portion of Brooklyn, will include mail fraud and wire fraud and focus on his conduct in connection with a health food restaurant he owned on the Upper East Side of Manhattan after he left the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2006, one of the people said.Unfortunately for Republicans, the deadline has passed for an alternative candidate to file a primary challenge to Grimm, who now would have to "withdraw" from the race in order to have an alternative selected by local Republicans. His district was won by President Obama with 52 percent of the vote in 2012.
Can you say Ethics Probe? Crackpot Republican Rep. Steve "My Gun Is My Manhood" Stockman (Peashooter-TX), who is not running for reelection following a disastrous primary challenge to Sen. John "All Hat, No Cattle" Cornyn, is being investigated for violating Federal Election Commission reporting requirements:
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) -- whose long-shot primary campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) failed spectacularly this year -- said Friday he's facing a congressional ethics probe. [snip]
Two Stockman aides were fired in October after they made prohibited donations to his campaign, the Houston Chronicle reported. Stockman later announced he wouldn't run for reelection to his seat and would instead challenge Cornyn for the Republican Senate nomination, which he lost by 40 points in March.If it's a fair investigation, we're certain Stockman will be found to have no ethics.
