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Guardian responds after Greg Gianforte sentenced for assaulting reporter Ben Jacobs

By Becket Adams
Published June 12, 2017 9:40pm ET
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Guardian responds after Greg Gianforte sentenced for assaulting reporter Ben Jacobs
Greg Gianforte, who apologized for the assault last week, was fined $385, given 40 hours of community service and ordered to undergo at least 20 hours of anger management therapy. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File) | Matt Volz

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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