Colorado man pleads guilty to throwing water on Steve King

[Omaha Steve]

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado man has admitted to throwing a cup of water on Iowa Rep. Steve King.

Court records show that 27-year-old Blake Gibbins of Lafayette, Colorado, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, Iowa, to one misdemeanor count of assaulting a member of Congress.

As part of a plea agreement, Gibbins admitted that on March 22, he approached a table at a Fort Dodge, Iowa, restaurant and threw a cup of water at King. The Republican congressman was seated with others.

Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Kelly Mahoney will sentence Gibbins at a later date. He faces a possible maximum sentence of a year in prison, a $100,000 fine and five years of probation.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. How about time served and a $100 fine.

Just enough to say that he was punished and nothing more.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. sounds just, to me!

It is entirely possible that the man was trying to clean some of the nasty off of King.

A cup of water is hardly a deadly weapon. Had it been something that was a credible threat, with a reasonable likelihood of causing injury, it would be good to send a message that such an attack is not to be tolerated.

[NoPasaran]

3. Did he melt like a wicked witch?

If not, no harm no foul.

Maybe stick him with a dry cleaning bill.