Man who grappled with NY Republican Lee Zeldin during a gubernatorial campaign stop pleads guilty
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David Jakubonis, a man who climbed a platform at a campaign rally to accost former Rep. Lee Zelden, has pleaded guilty to assaulting the New York gubernatorial candidate.
At the campaign rally near Rochester, New York, in July 2022, Jakubonis approached then-U.S. Rep. Zeldin while carrying a keychain with two sharp points. According to prosecutors, the two men struggled, and Jakubonis pulled Zeldin down before being subdued.
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