NY lawmaker charged with fraud, cites 'witch hunt'

Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent who's been the target of a campaign finance investigation, was instead charged on Monday with evading taxes by concealing more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant - a case he called a political witch hunt meant to drive him out of office.

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