美國打記者議員候選人勝選後道歉

The Republican candidate for a U.S. congressional seat in (the western U.S. state of) Montana who was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed a reporter by the neck and threw him to the ground, has apologized for his actions after defeating his Democratic opponent.

"Last night I made a mistake. I took an action that I can't take back and I'm not proud of what happened," said Greg Gianforte, a multimillionaire. "I should not have responded in the way that I did and for that I'm sorry."

Less than 24 hours after the incident, Gianforte narrowly beat out singer and poet Rob Quist Thursday, upholding the Republican Party's 20-year lock on the state's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Wednesday, journalist Ben Jacobs of the British-based newspaper The Guardian tweeted that Gianforte "just body-slammed me and broke my glasses" at the candidate's campaign headquarters in the city of Bozeman, just hours before the special election that Gianforte had been favored to win in the rural, heavily Republican state.

About a third of Montana's voters had already cast their votes in the early voting process when the incident occurred.

The special election was being held to replace Republican Ryan Zinke, who resigned earlier this year to become President Donald Trump's interior secretary.

The House Republican leader, Speaker Paul Ryan, said Gianforte "should apologize.

If convicted, Gianforte would face a maximum $500 fine and six months in jail.被指襲擊一名記者的美國蒙塔那州共和黨籍聯邦衆議員候選人在擊敗民主黨對手後爲其行爲表示道歉。他被控犯有輕罪攻擊。據稱，這名共和黨候選人當時抓住一名記者脖子並將其重摔在地。

富豪格雷格·詹佛特爾說：“昨晚我犯了一個錯誤，我做了一個我無法收回的舉動，我對發生的一切無法感到驕傲。我不應該那麼做，我對此感到抱歉。”

事件發生後不到24小時後，富豪詹佛特爾星期四險勝歌手和詩人羅布·基斯特。他的勝選使共和黨得以繼續把持20年來蒙塔那州在美國國會衆議院的唯一席位。

星期三，衛報記者本·雅各布斯在推特上發文，稱詹佛特爾投票前幾小時在他的競選總部打了他，還弄壞了他的眼鏡。蒙塔那是一個以農業爲主的共和黨傳統州，詹佛特爾在這次特別選舉中被看好。

事件發生時，蒙塔那州大約三分之一的選民已經在提前投票過程中投下了選票。

該州原衆議員津克被美國總統川普任命爲內政部長。這次特別選舉就是爲填補他的席位。

衆議院共和黨領袖、議長保羅·瑞安表示，詹佛爾特應該道歉。

如果罪名成立，詹佛爾特將面臨最高500美元罰款和六個月監禁。