RADAR: Grimmer for Grimm; Storobin hired former Frum Kruger opponent & More

The NYT continues its assault on Rep. Michael Grimm. The paper exposed last month suspicious Campaign donations, and reports by donors that Grimm and former aide to Rabbi Pinto encouraged them to brake the campaign finance rules by funneling foreigner’s and over the limit donations through front donors. The donations amounted to half a million dollars and over a half of total contribution to his campaign.  Now, the Times is reporting about questionable business practices going back to the 90s.

The report includes hiding his employment for a Wall Street firm in the 90s which was accused of bickering customers, by calling it by a different name; Investing in RE with an indicted criminal and dealing with his family after he was found guilty, and employing the convict after being released from jail; declaring in a bankruptcy case that his former associate disappeared and he can’t locate him, when the were still in contact; an NYC restaurant he was involved with changed its name several times, to avoid complaints from former employees that they were underpaid.

According to the Staten Island Live, Grimm was bumped from his expected position as a delegate for Mitt Romney to the Republican Convention. It will instead by State Senator Marty Golden and former SI Borough President Guy Molinari. The Grimm camp said that it’s unrelated to the recent attacks on him. Also, the Times is reporting that a Romney campaign spokeswoman said that Grimm will no longer serve as campaign surrogate, but NY republicans and campaign officials denied it.

Party faithful rallied behind him in the weekend, at the grand opening of a new GOP SI headquarters, SILIVE reports. Grimm’s weakness, if party leaders will see him a real liability, may make him vulnerable to lose his district, but so far I haven’t seen anybody suggesting that his district is in jeopardy.

And his aide was arrested for roughing up his son for being caught with drugs.

And Grimm’s response.

New filings show that David Storobin paid for a Frum Jew Avrohom Rosenberg, who ran in the last election (p26) against Carl Kruger as a conservative, for serving as campaign coordinator. Rosenberg is about 20. When he ran, he was reportedly the youngest candidate to be nominated for the Senate, and he recevied 9,000 votes.

Avi Rosenberg

Lew Fidler sent out a mailer touting his work for Yeshivos. Brooklyn GOP believes that Storobin have a shot.  

Erik Dilan’s congressional campaign is moving forward, holding a fundraiser on Tuesday.

Erik Dilan

Nan Hayworth was on the conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the payroll tax cut extension, but was not a key player in the final breakthrough.

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