- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- tax fraud, obstruction
- Convicted of
- Tax evasion; underreporting income and wages; employing unauthorized workers; obstruction
- Original sentence
- 8 months' imprisonment (July 2015)
- Time served
- ~7 months before release; pardoned May 2025
Background
Michael Grimm, a Republican, represented New York’s 11th District (Staten Island and part of Brooklyn) in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2015. Before Congress he co-owned a Manhattan restaurant. He later worked as an on-air personality at Newsmax.
The Case
Grimm pleaded guilty in December 2014 to felony tax evasion. He had failed to report nearly $1 million in gross receipts and hundreds of thousands in employee wages from Healthalicious, the restaurant he co-owned. He underreported revenue and wages, filed false tax documents, employed unauthorized workers paid in cash, and obstructed tax collection. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and served about seven months. The conduct deprived the government of tax revenue and gave his business an unfair advantage over compliant employers.
The Pardon
On May 28, 2025, President Trump granted Grimm a full pardon.