As part of our preparation for a story about Thursday's special election to air on "Special Report with Bret Baier," we arranged interviews with the top two candidates, Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist. Gianforte told him he would get to him later. Gianforte told him to talk to his press guy, Shane Scanlon. At that point, Gianforte grabbed Jacobs by the neck with both hands and slammed him into the ground behind him. Later, the statement added, "After asking Jacobs to lower the recorder, Jacobs declined.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2017 02:27 UTC