Political fallout from Grimm indictment
Why it might not mean a Recchia win in November
Even before the 20-count indictment against U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm was unsealed on Monday, Republican Party leaders were scrambling to find a way to dump him overboard and replace him with another candidate to run in the election in November, sources told the Brooklyn Eagle.
“We’re looking at every scenario, trying to see if there’s a way,” one high-ranking Brooklyn GOP leader said. “We started working on it as soon as the news broke on Friday that he was about to be indicted.”
The GOP is seeking to ward off what leaders termed a potential disaster, an indicted congressman running for re-election in a swing district. The prospect of their candidate running under a cloud is giving Republican leaders migraines.