Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte was spared jail time this week after pleading guilty to assaulting a reporter on the eve of the Montana May 25 special election.
The incoming congressman was instead fined $385 and sentenced to 40 hours of community service and at least 20 hours of anger management therapy for an incident that saw him roughing up Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs.
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