https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/us/politics/greg-gianforte-sentenced.html
Greg Gianforte, a Montana Republican, was sentenced on Monday to 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management classes for assaulting a reporter the night before he won a seat in the House of Representatives last month.
Appearing in Gallatin County Justice Court in Bozeman, Mont., Mr. Gianforte told Judge Rick West that it was not his intention to hurt the reporter, Ben Jacobs of The Guardian, on May 24, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.
“I grabbed his wrist,” said Mr. Gianforte, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. “A scuffle ensued, and he was injured, as I understand it.”
The judge called his actions “totally unacceptable” but spared him jail time. He gave Mr. Gianforte a six-month deferred sentence and ordered that he pay $385 in court fees and fines.
Here is the Con's response
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/07/trump-gianforte-montana-810621
President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to make light of a Montana politician’s assault on a reporter.
During a rally in Billings, Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte, a current House Republican lawmaker who, as a congressional candidate, assaulted a reporter from The Guardian last year during an interview on the campaign trail.
“I’ll tell you what: This man has fought — in more ways than one — for your state. He has fought for your state,” the president said. “Greg Gianforte. He is a fighter and a winner.”
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