SIOUX CITY – A Colorado man pled guilty on September 23, 2019, in United States District Court in Sioux City after he threw water on Congressman Steve King.
Blake Gibbins, 27, from Lafayette, Colorado, pled guilty to one count of assaulting a member of congress. At his guilty plea hearing, and in a plea agreement, Gibbins admitted that on March 22, 2019, at the Mineral City Mill & Grill in Fort Dodge, Iowa, he approached a table where U.S. Congressman Steve King and others were seated and assaulted Congressman King by intentionally throwing a cup of water on him.
Sentencing before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Kelly Mahoney will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Gibbons faces a possible maximum sentence of not more than one year imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, and up to 5 years’ probation.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Timothy T. Duax and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Fort Dodge Police Department, and the United States Capitol Police.
12 thoughts on “Colorado man pleads guilty to assaulting Congressman Steve King”
Take more then cup of water to wash the stink off Steve King.Should of used 5 gallon bucket.Lucky the assailant didn’t have calfs as big as cantaloupes.
He should have stayed in Colorado, servicing sheep.
Take him out and hang him!
What a fraud you are….had to delete my response to your original message…coward
If this guy would have done the same thing to Hillary you clowns would want to give him the medal of honor not a hanging
He would have deserved the medal.
He should get time in jail. No matter what your political beliefs, no one has the right to harm another person. Period
It was a cup of water! Wonder how much King’s emergency room bill was for getting hit with WATER. I am sure it caused a lot of harm to him
hahahah
He should’ve chocked the racist SOB!
yeah chock him!
Only a racist calls someone else a racist!
King screamed “I’m melting I’m melting!”