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Federal Election Commission flags Rep. Michael Grimm for receiving illegally large contributions

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Michael Grimm (R-S.I.), right, on Jan. 3, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. Grimm was called out by the Federal Election Commission for receiving illegally large campaign donations.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Michael Grimm (R-S.I.), right, on Jan. 3, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. Grimm was called out by the Federal Election Commission for receiving illegally large campaign donations.
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The feds called out Rep. Michael Grimm for receiving illegally large campaign contributions from House Speaker John Boehner and former GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan.

The Staten Island Republican’s 2014 primary campaign got $4,000 from Friends of John Boehner and $5,000 from Ryan’s Prosperity Action Committee — violating the $2,600 limit for a donor in an election cycle, the Federal Election Commission stated in a letter to him dated Jan. 8.

“Our campaign will be making the appropriate edits,” a Grimm spokesman said.