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Guilty to assaulting a reporter. he was sentenced to community service, a fine and 20 hours of anger management. ben jacobs says is appropriate. >> his apology, his donation indicated a willingness he shows respect for the free press for what journalists do. you know, everything needs to be backed up by actions. >> jacobs has received more than $4600 in restitution from gianforte for the assault and the congressman donated $50,000 to the committee to protect journalists. in a blunder by presid...

For the sheriff, usually the guys in jump suits that you see picking up trash. then after a side bar the judge changed his mind giving him 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of anger management. >> i just want to say im sorry. if and when youre ready. reporter: that was to the reporter that he got in a scuffle with. so in court he made a short statement. he apologized for body slamming ben jacobs, grabbing his neck, breaking his glasses. jacobs took the stand. he described what happened ...

Asked repeatedly about his position on health care. they say he tackled jacobs, broke his glasses, put his hand around jacobs neck. gianforte now calling his actions unacceptable, unprofessional and unlawful. he also pledged to donate $15,000 to the committee to protect journalists. gianforte will plead no contest to assault charges when he appears in court later this month. all right, some sports. looks like king james is about to get knocked off his throne. the golden state warriors one win ...

The power of pleasant. exclusively in lightweight! every home, every cat, theres a tidy cats for that. welcome back. montana congressman-elect greg gin for gianforte is apologizing to a reporter he body-slammed. he was charged with misdemeanor assault over the altercation and will go to court soon. the montana congressman has sent a lengthy apology to jacobs, saying, notwithstanding anyones statement to the con temporary, you did not initiate any physical contact with me and i had no right tos...

Back-to-back terror attacks in manchester and london. montana congressman-elect greg gianforte accused of body-slamming a "guardian" reporter, accused of it because he did it, issued a letter apologizing to ben jacobs, saying, "my physical response to your legitimate question was unprofessional, unacceptable, and unlawful. as both a candidate for office and a public official, i should be held to a high standard. my treatment of you did not meet that standard." jacobs accepted the apology. gian...

Cant take back, and im not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did, and for that im sorry. >> and youre forgiven. [ cheers and applause ] >> i should not have treated that reporter that way, and for that, im sorry, mr. ben jacobs. >> note what was missing there. theres no indication whatsoever he reached out personally to ben jacobs to actually apologize. no apology for defaming him with a statement from his campaign that read, in part, and i quote here, jacobs ...

Response until his victory speech, at which point he apologized. he did not apologize before his victory, which is honestly what integrity would have demanded, but after it was safe to. >> last night i made a mistake, and i took an action that i cant take back, and im not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in the way that i did, and for that im sorry. >> and youre forgiven. [ cheers and applause ] i should not have treated that reporter that way, and for that, im sorry, mr. ben ...

Statement utterly at odds with what you heard on the tape. scanlon claiming that jacobs, quote, aggressively shoved a recorder in gregs face and began asking badgering questions. jacobs was asked to leave and after asking jacobs to lower the recorder, jacobs declined. greg then attempted to grab that phone that was pushed in his face. jacobs grabbed gregs wrist and spun away from greg, pushing them both to the ground. fox news reporter alicia acuna, who was in the room, described the scene very ...

>> -- the cbo score because, you know, you were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> well talk to you about that later. >> theres not going to be time. >> speak with shane, please. >> im sick and tired of you guys. the last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. the last guy did the same thing. are you with the guardian? >> yes, and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did...

>> get the hell out of here. >> youd like me to get the hell out of here. id like to also call the police. can i get you guys names? >> youve got to leave. >> he just body slammed me. >> jacobs ended up at the hospital where he got kpx-rays his elbow. thankfully they were negative. gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault. soon after the incident, gianfortes spokesman released a statement utterly at odds with what you heard on the tape. scanlon claiming that jacobs, quote, aggressively sho...