GOP Congress-critter threatens to kill reporter

Posted on: Wed, 01/29/2014 - 09:38 By: Tom Swiss

Another Tea Party winner. "Let me be clear to you, you ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f**king balcony."

Republican Congressman threatens to kill reporter after State of the Union (Boing Boing)

...After giving a terse statement to an NY1 reporter, [Congressman Michael Grimm] was asked about the ongoing issue of his campaign finance. He declined to discuss the matter and stormed off, then returned a moment later, apparently unaware that the camera was still rolling, and threatened to "throw [the reporter] off this f**king balcony." Grimm followed this with "you're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll break you in half. Like a boy."

...Grimm is under investigation by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York for this, and for other finance irregularities, including accepting cash donations larger than $100, and for laundering a donation of $25,000 through a third party.

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...Grimm is a former US Marine who served in Iraq, and then worked for the FBI. While at the Bureau, he was investigated for abusing his authority: threatening his date's husband ("I'll f**king make him disappear where nobody will find him") and pulling a gun in a nightclub.