Newsmax contributor and former Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE” on Wednesday that he is “over the moon ecstatic” after being pardoned by President Donald Trump over tax fraud.

Grimm, a former Marine and FBI special agent, was convicted in November 2014 on charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress in 2011. Grimm was reelected in 2014 despite the indictment but resigned in January 2015 after pleading guilty to one count of tax fraud. He served seven months in prison, one month of house arrest and 200 hours of community service.

“Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to say thank you publicly to President Donald J. Trump,” Grimm said. “You know, his first term, I didn’t get the pardon. People said, ‘Why are you still loyal to him? He didn’t pardon you.’

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