Michael Grimm threatens presenter Michael Scotto (Picture: NY1)

Republican congressman Michael Grimm has been caught on camera threatening to break a journalist ‘in half’ and throw him off a balcony.

NY1 reporter Michael Scotto was speaking to Mr Grimm after US president Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

After discussing the address, Mr Scotto attempted to ask the congressman, who is up for re-election, a question about a different matter – something Mr Grimm was clearly less than pleased about.

Signing off, the presenter said Mr Grimm did not want to talk about allegations concerning his campaign finance, prompting the Republican representative from New York to return and start threatening Mr Scotto.




‘Let me be clear to you, you ever do that to me again I’ll throw you off this f****** balcony,’ the congressman is heard saying.

Mr Scotto defended his actions, saying he had asked a ‘valid question’, to which Mr Grimm replied: ‘No, no, you’re not man enough, you’re not man enough. I’ll break you in half. Like a boy.’

The Republican congressman later released an unrepentant statement, accusing the reporter of ‘taking a disrespectful and cheap shot’.

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