# Michael Grimm **Michael Gerard Grimm** is a former Republican U.S. Representative from New York (NY-13, 2011–2013; NY-11, Staten Island and south Brooklyn, 2013–2015), a former Marine and former FBI special agent. Not to be confused with **Matt Grimm**. Before entering Congress, Grimm co-owned a Manhattan health-food restaurant through which he concealed **over $900,000** in gross receipts and wages from federal and New York State tax authorities, paying workers off the books in cash and underreporting payroll to the state workers' compensation fund. Separately, while a sitting congressman in January 2013, he **lied under oath in a civil deposition** about the cash payments. Indicted on 20 counts in April 2014, he was **re-elected that November while under indictment**, pleaded guilty in December 2014 to aiding the preparation of a false tax return, resigned effective **January 5, 2015**, and was sentenced to **8 months**. [[Donald Trump]] pardoned him on **May 28, 2025**, the same day as [[John Rowland]]. See [[Republican Officeholder Fraud]]. > [!note] Stub — fill out > Needs: the January 2014 incident in which he threatened to throw a NY1 reporter off a Capitol balcony; the final restitution figure (DOJ release left it TBD); his 2018 primary challenge to Dan Donovan; his media career and post-pardon positioning.