HuffPo is reporting that Greg Gianforte (R-MT), now the lone Representative from Montana, and who assaulted a reporter the day before the election, doesn’t think the judge’s sentence should apply to him:
Gianforte entered his guilty plea on June 12 and was fined $300 and ordered to pay $85 in court costs. He also was given a 6-month deferred sentence and ordered to perform community service, attend anger management counseling and appear at the Gallatin County Detention Center to be photographed and fingerprinted.
But Gianforte demurred from the latter part of his punishment. Just a few days later, his legal team filed a motion arguing that the county’s Justice Court does not have the authority to force him to be fingerprinted or photographed because, among other things, he was neither arrested nor charged with a felony.
I say you just stick him in the pokey. Our elected officials should aspire to and meet the highest standards of conduct, and Rep. Gianforte definitely didn’t even come close. Indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a calculated incident.
He could reverse course and follow former Representative Tom DeLay’s (R) example:
No one’s ever looked so happy to have his mug shot taken.
