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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction.

The pardon was disclosed Wednesday by a White House official who requested anonymity before an official announcement.

Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, pleaded guilty in late 2014 to underreporting wages and revenue at a restaurant he ran in Manhattan. He resigned from Congress the following year and served eight months in prison. Grimm tried to reenter politics in 2018 but lost a primary for his old district.

While he was in Congress, Grimm made headlines for threatening to throw a reporter off a balcony in the Capitol after the reporter asked about the long-running FBI investigation into his campaign finances.

鈥淟et me be clear to you. If you ever do that to me again, I鈥檒l throw you off this (expletive) balcony,鈥� he told the reporter during the exchange, which was captured on video.

When the reporter pushed back, telling the then-congressman that it was a valid question, Grimm responded, 鈥淣o. No. You鈥檙e not man enough. You鈥檙e not man enough. I鈥檒l break you in half. Like a boy.鈥�

After heavy criticism, Grimm said he was wrong for threatening the reporter and that 鈥渋t shouldn’t have happened.鈥�

The former congressman worked at the conservative news outlet Newsmax.

Last year, Grimm was paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.

In a short video posted on Grimm鈥檚 Facebook in January, the former congressman said, 鈥渓ittle by little, I鈥檓 getting better,鈥� and said he was working on getting more dexterity in his fingers and getting his legs to move. In March, a GoFundMe page that was set up for Grimm posted that he had been able to 鈥渨ithstand 4 minutes upright assisted on the tilt-table,鈥� along with a picture of Grimm smiling.

Grimm did not return messages seeking comment on Wednesday.

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