US Congressman to Resign Over Tax Evasion Scandal

It has been a tough week for Republicans as they prepare to take control of both houses of Congress beginning next week. Representative Michael Grimm of New York announced his resignation late Monday, just days after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion. Grimm had already stirred controversy in January after being recorded on camera threatening to throw a reporter off a balcony and break him "in half, like a boy." In his resignation statement, the former Marine and FBI...

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