Montana Rep. Gianforte To Volunteer For Wheelchair Group For Assaulting Reporter

BOZEMAN, MT — Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte will volunteer for a group that builds custom wheelchairs for children for assaulting a reporter.

The Republican was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service as part of his sentence for attacking Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs a day before Gianforte was elected in the May 25 special congressional election.

The congressman will work with ROC Wheels, a Bozeman nonprofit organization, Gallatin County Court Services director Steve Ette said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Gianforte is working with ROC Wheels on when and how his hours will be completed, Ette told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has until Nov. 28.

Gianforte must also complete 20 hours of anger-management counseling after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault in June. He told the court he will see a therapist.

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