Weiner Says He Contacted FBI About Grimm

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By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
March 2, 2012, 6:04 p.m.



In the fall of 2010, then-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) informed the FBI that now-Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) was allegedly attempting to extort campaign contributions from a politically well-connected orthodox rabbi, Weiner said today.
Grimm has previously been accused of accepting questionable donations collected by a former associate of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. Weiner’s revelation would put Grimm, a former FBI agent himself, closer to the federal investigation surrounding Pinto’s former associates.
In an interview with Roll Call, Weiner said Pinto, who leads the popular Shuva Israel congregation, informed him in the early fall of 2010 that Grimm had attempted to extort money from him. Pinto’s ministries stretch from Israel to the United States and he splits his time between the two countries.

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1. The FBI has begun collecting information about whether Rep. Michael Grimm attempted to extort

campaign contributions from an influential rabbi during the 2010 campaign and could be on the verge of opening a formal investigation.
According to an AP report from today, FBI officials have confirmed they are considering a probe of the New York Republican, who has found himself in the midst of several scandals in recent months.
Roll Call first reported Friday that Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto told former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) in the fall of 2010 that Grimm had attempted to extort campaign funds from him. Weiner said he informed the FBI of those allegations immediately following his meeting with Pinto.
Although Grimm has strenuously denied Weiner's claims, the AP also reported Saturday that FBI officials confirmed that Weiner reached out to them in 2010.http://www.rollcall.com/news/Report-FBI-May-Probe-Rep-Michael-Grimm-212839-1.html?pos=hln

[Lawlbringer]

2. Well

Grimm's done nothing for the district except plaster his ugly mug all over with his signs. I'm going to run against Grimm with my freshly changed name of Hopeful.

[libinnyandia]

3. I was fortunate to leave the district before he was elected. I did suffer through having Vito

Fossella. And unfortunately I moved to Rep Steve King's district in Iowa. He is wacko. I haven't had very good luck with congressmen.

[Lawlbringer]

5. LOL

I actually dated Frank Barbaro's step daughter during his race vs Fosella like 12 years ago. I was biased (for you know, very important reasons =oP) against Fosella, but since I got older and heard about his policies, I would have hated him, too.

[libinnyandia]

6. Welcome to DU.

[butterfly77]

4. Oh Goody..

Someone has the goods on this little bastard,I can't stand him.

He and the fake Dems have been prancing around in pretending to be working for the good of the people fake bipartanship.