Thread: Texas woman tied to NY Congressman Grimm indicted

Texas woman tied to NY Congressman Grimm indicted

By JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press
Updated 5:39 pm, Friday, April 25, 2014

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  FILE - In this May 9, 2012, file photo, Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grimm’s attorney stated on Friday, April 25, 2014, that federal prosecutors in New York plan on filing criminal charges against the lawmaker. Lawyer William McGinley said Grimm is innocent and called the federal probe into the former FBI agent-turned-politician “a politically driven vendetta.” Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas woman who has been romantically involved with Republican U.S. Rep.Michael Grimm has been indicted in New York on charges of making illegal campaign contributions.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn unsealed the indictment against Diana Durand on Friday.

The indictment says she caused more than $10,000 in donations to be made in the names of other people between November 2009 and October 2010. It says she lied in June 2012 when she told the FBI she didn't reimburse straw donors for their contributions to Grimm's campaign.

The filing came the day Grimm's attorney announced criminal charges against the lawmaker were pending. He hasn't disclosed what charges. Prosecutors have declined to comment.

Durand attorney Stuart Kaplan says his client and Grimm became friends before he ran for office. He says she'll plead not guilty.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/politi...ed-5430892.php

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