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Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration
'The Republican candidate for Montanas congressional seat slammed a Guardian reporter to the floor on the eve of the states special election, breaking his glasses and shouting, Get the hell out of here.
Ben Jacobs, a Guardian political reporter, was asking Greg Gianforte, a tech millionaire running for the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, about the Republican healthcare plan when the candidate allegedly body-slammed the reporter.
He took me to the ground, Jacobs said by phone from the back of an ambulance. This is the strangest thing that has ever happened to me in reporting on politics.
Jacobs subsequently reported the incident to the police. The Gallatin County sheriffs office is investigating the incident.'>>>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/greg-gianforte-bodyslams-reporter-ben-jacobs-montana?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Eliot Rosewater
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(36,108 posts)GOP candidate has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies
Ben Jacobs
Friday 28 April 2017 14.54 EDT
Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte owns shares in Russian index funds
$250,000 invested in funds with holdings in Gazprom and Rosneft
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/greg-gianforte-republican-candidate-congress-russia-companies