{"id":1567094,"date":"2022-07-22T20:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567094"},"modified":"2022-07-22T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:04:35","slug":"new-details-emerge-on-republican-congressmans-alleged-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-details-emerge-on-republican-congressmans-alleged-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"New Details Emerge On Republican Congressman\u2019s Alleged Attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-details-emerge-on-republican-congressmans-alleged-attacker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lee-zeldin\">Lee Zeldin<\/a>\u2019s (R-NY) alleged attacker was interviewed by The New York Times Friday following his release from police custody and revealed that he was battling a relapse from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alcohol\">alcoholism<\/a> while being treated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/anxiety\">anxiety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David Jakubonis, a 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, told reporters that he jumped on stage to take the microphone away from Zeldin because someone told him Zeldin was \u201cdisrespecting veterans,\u201d the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/22\/nyregion\/lee-zeldin-suspect-bail.html\">reported<\/a>. He also claimed he didn\u2019t know who Zeldin was or that he was a gubernatorial candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Jakubonis said he was holding a sharp cat-shaped object for self defense, even though he allegedly approached the congressman and put his weapon up to Zeldin\u2019s neck. \u201cThe ears are plastic, but I guess they\u2019re sharp,\u201d he said. The alleged attacker also admitted he was \u201cchecked out\u201d mentally and \u201casleep within\u201d himself.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/22\/what-we-know-about-lee-zeldin-attacker-david-jakubonis\/\">reported<\/a> that Jakubonis\u2019 mental state declined rapidly following the death of his wife and his medical discharge from the Army in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Army vet\u2019s LinkedIn page indicates that he\u2019s been looking for a job for years, and his voter registration records showed he has no party affiliation, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the assault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-republican-congressman-and-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-at-campaign-event\">showed<\/a> the suspect jumping on stage and walking up to the Republican congressman while he was speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Perinton, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Jakubonis then allegedly yelled \u201cyou\u2019re done\u201d and put a weapon near Zeldin\u2019s face as he grabbed his arm. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/news\/local-news\/witnesses-gov-candidate-lee-zeldin-attacked-at-perinton-campaign-stop-rochester-veterans-vfa-chenelly\/?utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_source=t.co&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow\">reports<\/a>, AMVETS National Director Joe Chenelly quickly came to Zeldin\u2019s aid and took the alleged attacker to the ground, and the suspect brought Zeldin to the ground on top of him.<\/p>\n<p>The gubernatorial candidate was quickly helped up as the suspect was detained. Zeldin was fine following the incident and predicted that his alleged attacker would be released from custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were \u2018you\u2019re done,\u2019 but several attendees, including @EspositoforNY, quickly jumped into action &#038; tackled the guy. Law enforcement was on the scene within minutes. The attacker will likely be instantly released under NY\u2019s laws,\u201d Zeldin tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">His words as he tried to stab me a few hours ago were \u201cyou\u2019re done\u201d, but several attendees, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EspositoforNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EspositoforNY<\/a>, quickly jumped into action &#038; tackled the guy. <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement was on the scene within minutes. <\/p>\n<p>The attacker will likely be instantly released under NY\u2019s laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZEyIyrjFe\">pic.twitter.com\/wZEyIyrjFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1550352498078130176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His prediction came true when Jakubonis was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alleged-attacker-of-republican-congressman-released-from-custody\">released<\/a> from police custody hours after the attack. He was charged with attempted second degree assault and was \u201creleased on his own recognizance\u201d Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecounty.gov\/files\/sheriff\/Press%20Releases\/2022\/Rep.%20Zeldin%20Attack.pdf\">according<\/a> to the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Lee Zeldin\u2019s (R-NY) alleged attacker was interviewed by The New York Times Friday following his release from police custody and revealed that he was battling a relapse from alcoholism while being treated for anxiety. David Jakubonis, a 43-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq, told reporters that he jumped on stage to take &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}