SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A man who threw a cup of water on Iowa Republican Representative Steve King has been given two years probation by a federal judge.
Twenty-seven year-old Blake Gibbons of Lafayette, Colorado was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of assaulting a member of Congress, which is a misdemeanor.
Gibbons threw a cup of water at King, who was eating at a restaurant in Fort Dodge in March of 2019.
The Sioux City Journal reports Gibbons' attorney said Gibbons would send an apology letter to King.
A GoFundMe site was set up in March, 2019 to help Gibbons with his legal fees in the case. It's raised roughly $5,600.
Thursday's hearing for Gibbon's sentencing took place at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in Sioux City.