HOLD FOR STORY UPDATE – In this image taken from video provided by WHEC-TV, David Jakubonis, left, attacks U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, right, as he delivered a speech while campaigning for governor as New York’s Republican candidate, in Perinton, N.Y., July 21, 2022. Jakubonis, who pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge of assaulting […]
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A Man Who Accosted Former Rep. Lee Zeldin at an Upstate NY Campaign Stop Receives 3 Years Probation
David Jakubonis approached the then-U.S. representative while carrying a keychain with two sharp points at a campaign rally near Rochester, New York in July 2022. The two men struggled, and Jakubonis pulled Zeldin down before being subdued, according to prosecutors. Jakubonis’ attorneys have said the U.S. Army veteran was drunk and was trying to get […]