Congressman Michael Grimm, one of Mitt Romney’s most vocal supporters, is no longer on his list of delegates for the Republican Convention, the Staten Island Advance reported this morning. Mr. Romney’s official list of delegates, reported last Tuesday by Capital Tonight, confirm this as well. Mr. Grimm has recently been facing allegations from the New York Times‘ sources that he engaged in criminal fundraising behavior. He has steadfastly denied the charges, but the controversy surrounding it might have been too much for the Romney campaign.

Mr. Grimm was the first GOP Congressman in New York State to endorse a presidential candidate and had subsequently emerged as one of Mr. Romney’s media surrogates, even traveling to New Hampshire and Florida to campaign on his behalf. Read More