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Police. there was the police -- the emt guys said someone was talking to the police. they didn't specify who. he disappeared for a while. i started to go back inside and saw that gianforte was in the passenger seat in a car with two of his aides. i asked the aides what was going on. they didn't answer, and got in the car and drove away. the sheriff's department is still here interviewing people. >> i just want to make sure i have this right. this was a campaign event that was in just a campaign headquarters, so it's just volunteers around like making calls, right? >> yeah. so this was -- it's ...

The campaign meet and greet. there was a main room where a lot of volunteers were making phone calls, we were waiting for a campaign event. there was a side room where a tv crew -- a local tv crew was set up to do an interview. john forte went in there. the door was half open. ben walked in to kind of listen in. so i had a half view. all of a sudden i heard giant crash, saw ben's feet fly in the air. >> i want to read the statement from the campaign. and i want to play you the audio again so you can see if you think it jives. tonight as greg was giving an interview, ben jacobs entered without ...

And something else to consider. 7 out of 10 voters in the special election have already voted by absentee ballot. alisyn. >> let's bring in buzzfeed's alex alexis. she was at the campaign headquarters when the altercation took place. good morning, alexis. >> good morning. >> what did you witness? >> so i was in a campaign meet and greet and press availability. i was standing in a campaign office and there was a little side office with a closing door off to the side. i was in the room with a lot of volunteers. candidate's wife, people making cell phone calls, get out the vote stuff. greg gianfo...

Joke. we've also reached out to the gianforte campaign to get their version of events. we await a response. there were witnesses, however, and we have one of them on the phone right now. alexis levinson of buzzfeed was in bozeman and saw the confrontation. alexis, are you there? >> hey, i'm here. >> okay, alexis. what did you see? how did this go down? >> so ben and i drove over to this event. it's at the gianforte campaign headquarters. we walked in. it's a bunch of people making phone calls. we had both been requesting time with him. it was clear they were not psyched to give ben time and no...

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