Incoming Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte, who won a Montana House seat after assaulting a Guardian reporter, has been sentenced to no jail time after pleading guilty to the charges. Instead, he will need to complete 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of "anger management," the Bozeman Chronicle's Whitney Bermes reports.
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