Top Democrat's transgender daughter sentenced to probation for assaulting police officer

House Majority Whip Katherine Clark's transgender daughter was sentenced to just a year of probation after facing charges that included assault and batter on a police officer.

According to local Fox affiliate WFXT, Dowell, who was 23 at the time of the arrest and plead not guilty to the assault and vandalism charges, will be required to write a letter of apology to the officer she is accused of assaulting as part of the deal. Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.

The news of her daughter's arrest broke when Clark took to social media to address the incident immediately after it occurred. "I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting," she tweeted. "This will be evaluated by the legal system, and I am confident in that process."