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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran who tried to assassinate NY gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin during campaign event is arrested on federal assault charge one day after he was freed under state's lax bail laws
UK Daily Mail ^ | 07/23/2022 | STEPHEN M. LEPORE

Posted on 07/23/2022 11:39:08 AM PDT by DFG

The man who drunkenly attacked the Republican candidate for governor in New York was photographed being taken into custody by FBI, state and county police Saturday on federal assault charges, after being immediately released following the attack under the state's bail reform laws.

David Jakubonis, 43, an Army veteran, was arrested after allegedly attacking Zeldin with a $10 cat keyring weapon at the congressman's Thursday campaign rally for state governor, outside of Rochester, New York. He was released hours later.

But on Saturday, DailyMail.com cameras saw Jakubonis taken into custody by FBI, New York State police and deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

A six-car motorcade pulled into Jakubonis' apartment complex a little before noon on Saturday and left with Jakubonis in custody 15 minutes later.

He's set to make his first appearance in court Saturday afternoon in front of US Magistrate Judge Marion W. Payson.

A spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York confirmed the details to DailyMail.com.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: US: New York
KEYWORDS: bidensbrownshirts; davidjakubonis; domesticterrorism; jakubonis; newyork; payson; zeldin
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To: Howie66

This guy was medically retired. What’s the story there?


21 posted on 07/23/2022 12:36:41 PM PDT by stanne
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To: DFG

“Assault?””

Assault, my behind - it was ATTEMPTED MURDER.


22 posted on 07/23/2022 12:36:53 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (I'll be good, I will, I will!)
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To: Billyv
Why is this a federal offense?

Zeldin is a U.S. Representative. There is a Federal law against assaulting members of Congress.

23 posted on 07/23/2022 12:43:26 PM PDT by Tom in SFCA
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To: DFG

Looks like they put real handcuffs on this guy. I guess he didn’t get the AOC treatment.


24 posted on 07/23/2022 12:46:17 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: Jonty30

Or a means to keep a lid on the guy so nobody can talk to him.


25 posted on 07/23/2022 12:47:09 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Tom in SFCA
What happened to the man who attacked Rand Paul? Didn't he get off with the proverbial slap on the wrist?

Didn't the governor of New York effectively incite the kind of attack on Zeldin that took place?

26 posted on 07/23/2022 12:49:32 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DFG

What? No 3am swat call with guns aimed at children and women as the Feds scream like banshees?

Sure. Inside job.


27 posted on 07/23/2022 12:50:07 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: mewzilla

Interesting comment from over at patriots.win...

Here4thememology 27 minutes ago +1 / -0

Clever clever clever....
Hegelian Dialectic !!! they want federal power to say : Look at local law enforcement it doesnt work , federalize it


28 posted on 07/23/2022 12:50:34 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: stanne

David Jakubonis photo (look at the eyes)

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/david-jakubonis-lee-zeldin-attacker-5.jpg?quality=75&strip=all


29 posted on 07/23/2022 12:56:49 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Yep.

They call him a veteran. Decorated

They don’t mention that he was asked to leave and shown the door for medical reasons. He has no amputation. Is able to attack an enemy physically.

So, they should be out with the information and at least not call him an army vet as if he would still be serving with honor if he wanted to and can at the same time attempt to murder a duly elected congressman

They lie

Caution!!.


30 posted on 07/23/2022 1:16:22 PM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

The #ComDem’s Must LIe.

If they ever told the truth, no one would ever elect them.

So they always LIE.


31 posted on 07/23/2022 1:19:29 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Yep...crazy eyes! You can tell by the eyes every time.


32 posted on 07/23/2022 1:20:07 PM PDT by JoJo354 (Pray for our nation! It needs it!)
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To: DFG

They keep calling him a Iraqi veteran but he was a lab technician and not on the front lines.🙄


33 posted on 07/23/2022 1:20:18 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: JoJo354

In this case. I agree.


34 posted on 07/23/2022 1:20:50 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: DFG

Expect him to be released...again.


35 posted on 07/23/2022 1:42:59 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: stanne

Refused a jab?


36 posted on 07/23/2022 1:46:15 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: DFG

I’m betting on him being a FBI CI ... will probably disappear from the news in a few days. Don’t think so ... how about those rioters in Idaho?


37 posted on 07/23/2022 1:58:45 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: libstripper

Thank you for pointing (no pun intended) this out!
After seeing pics of this device, I am convinced it was sharp enough to have slit Zelden’s throat and caused him to bleed out too quickly to survive.


38 posted on 07/23/2022 2:08:26 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Oh I don’t know. Back when I was in college (long time ago), a campus area rapist broke into a friend’s apartment. She was maybe 105 lbs soaking wet. What he didn’t know was she was also a retired Marine who’d seen combat (in technically a non-combat role). She was deceptively strong to boot. Let’s just say when I got over to her place immediately after she called me and the cops, two things were apparent: (1) she was a bit shook up, and (2) all the blood spattered everywhere wasn’t hers. Bastard ended up in the hospital then a nice long stint in jail. Probably still there.

Her weapon: one of those cat keychains. And yeah she could have killed him with it. Easily.


39 posted on 07/23/2022 2:55:59 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: Howie66

Huh? They most certainly are allowed to and do.


40 posted on 07/23/2022 2:57:47 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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