Trump 賞賛するs Montana 下院議員 who 団体／死体-slammed reporter
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - 大統領 Donald Trump on Thursday 賞賛するd a 共和国の／共和党の 下院議員 for 団体／死体-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a "堅い cookie" and 説 he thinks it might have helped him 勝利，勝つ 選挙 in Montana.
At a （選挙などの）運動をする 決起大会／結集させる in Missoula, Trump 称讃するd Rep. Greg Gianforte, who pleaded 有罪の to 軽罪 強襲，強姦 for an attack on 後見人 reporter Ben Jacobs. The attack （機の）カム a day before Gianforte won a 2017 special 選挙 to serve the remaining 18 months in the House 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 vacated by now-内部の 長官 Ryan Zinke.
"Any guy that can do a 団体／死体 激突する - he's my 肉親，親類d of guy," Trump said to 元気づけるs and laughter from the （人が）群がる. "He's a 広大な／多数の／重要な guy, 堅い cookie."
His 発言／述べるs 賞賛するing Gianforte come まっただ中に an international 熱狂的興奮状態 over the 明らかな 暗殺 of a Washington 地位，任命する columnist, who, によれば an account in Turkey's Yeni Safak newspaper, 恐らく had his fingers 削減（する） off and was decapitated inside a Saudi 領事館 in Istanbul two weeks ago.
In the 事例／患者 of Gianforte, 証言，証人／目撃するs 含むing members of a Fox News 乗組員 say Gianforte became enraged over what he perceived as biased ニュース報道 before 団体／死体-slamming Jacobs, throwing him to the ground and punching him.
Gianforte 最初 misled 捜査官／調査官s about what had happened, 誤って （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that Jacobs had grabbed him by the wrist and pulled both of them to the 床に打ち倒す, によれば 文書s 解放（する）d under a 法廷，裁判所 order に引き続いて requests from news 機関s.
Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., speaks as 大統領 Donald Trump stands 権利 during a （選挙などの）運動をする 決起大会／結集させる at Minuteman 航空 Hangar, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The 大統領，／社長 said he was in Rome with other world leaders when he heard about what had happened.
"And I said, oh, this is terrible. He's going to lose the 選挙," Trump 解任するd. "And then I said, 井戸／弁護士席, wait a minute. I know Montana pretty 井戸／弁護士席. I think it might help him. And it did."
Gianforte pleaded 有罪の to a 軽罪 強襲，強姦 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in June 2017 and said in an 陳謝 letter that he alone was 責任がある the attack. He paid a $385 罰金 and 完全にするd 40 hours of community service and 20 hours of 怒り／怒る 管理／経営 助言. He also 寄付するd $50,000 to the 委員会 to 保護する 新聞記者／雑誌記者s.
Trump 言及／関連d Gianforte again later in the 決起大会／結集させる when discussing former 副大統領 Joe Biden, who once said he would "（警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the hell out of" Trump if they were in high school.
On Biden challenging him to a fight, Trump said, "He'd be 負かす／撃墜する, faster than Greg would take him 負かす／撃墜する."
Gianforte, who …に出席するd the 決起大会／結集させる with the 大統領，／社長, is up for re-選挙 in November and 直面するs former 明言する／公表する 立法議員 Kathleen Williams. The 大統領，／社長's next stop on his three-day trip out West is Arizona.
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Thomas 報告（する）／憶測d from Washington.
