{"id":1568021,"date":"2022-07-23T22:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T02:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568021"},"modified":"2022-07-23T22:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T02:04:32","slug":"man-who-attacked-lee-zeldin-arrested-on-federal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-attacked-lee-zeldin-arrested-on-federal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who attacked Lee Zeldin arrested on federal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fman-who-attacked-lee-zeldin-arrested-on-federal-charges%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=1568021&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--><div id=\"attachment_2729862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2729862\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2729862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22203230045646-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo provided by Ian Winner, police officers work the scene after U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Fairport, N.Y. Zeldin escaped serious injury. (Ian Winner via AP)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2729862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this photo provided by Ian Winner, police officers work the scene after U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Fairport, N.Y. Zeldin escaped serious injury. (Ian Winner via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 6:48 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 23, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The man who attempted to stab GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) was arrested on a federal assault charge. David Jakubonis, 43, was arrested on Saturday and charged with assaulting a member of Congress with a dangerous weapon. Jackubonis was previously charged and arraigned on a count of second degree attempted assault at the state level and is scheduled to appear in court on the federal charge Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI expect to request the judge to release him from custody at that time,\u201d said Steve Slawinski, assistant federal defender for the Western District of New York who is representing Jakubonis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The attacker was holding a hardened plastic key chain used for self defense and reports suggest he was intoxicated during the incident. Zeldin criticized the incident\u2019s lack of coverage in the media and said that it would be a different story if the attack came against someone from the left.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After being charged with a felony for last night\u2019s attack, the man who tried to stab me was instantly released back onto the street due to New York\u2019s insane cashless bail law. We MUST repeal cashless bail in New York! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7pMpulaOoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/7pMpulaOoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin\/status\/1550533346324664324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_755A3C08-8936-5542-9289-2C729687F2F1\" data-act-id=\"paragraph_9\">Zeldin, who has made New York\u2019s rising crime rate a central focus of his campaign\u2019s attacks on incumbent Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.), condemned the state\u2019s bail system following Jakubonis\u2019 initial release. He said changes to the state\u2019s cashless bail system are necessary and judges should have discretion when considering who should remain in police custody.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_F249DCC1-25AA-7B7A-791E-2C9616DD83D8\" data-act-id=\"paragraph_10\"><strong>\u201cMy first and foremost concern about cashless bail and the need to overhaul it is dangerousness,\u201d Zeldin voiced. \u201cThe judges should have discretion to weigh dangerousness. It\u2019s about the victim. But even if you were having a conversation with the strongest advocate of cashless bail, I would challenge them on this point. I would argue that they\u2019re doing a disservice to the person who attacked us on stage last night because they rush, they have to, by law they have to rush to get him released.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zeldin went on to say he\u2019s not blaming the left, but echoed calls to repeal cashless bail in New York as a way to move forward.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-cornyn-loss-of-access-to-semiconductor-chips-would-be-disaster-for-national-security\/\">Sen. Cornyn: Loss Of Access To Semiconductor Chips Would Be \u2018Disaster\u2019 For National Security<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo provided by Ian Winner, police officers work the scene after U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Fairport, N.Y. Zeldin escaped serious injury. 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