Ahli parlimen kira-kira MENGANCAM untuk MEMBUANG Wartawan di balkoni Capitol selepas Kesatuan Negara . . .

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)

JohnnyAdam – Ahli parlimen Amerika Syarikat berhadapan wartawan dan mengancam kira-kira untuk membuang dia di balkoni dalam satu temu bual berikut alamat Union Negeri Presiden Barack Obama petang Selasa.

New York Rep Michael Grimm (dariKanan) telah ditemubual oleh stesen berita tempatan NY1 apabila ditanya mengenai dakwaan mengenai siasatan persekutuan ke kewangan kempen beliau. Grimm enggan menjawab soalan dan cepat berjalan jauh dari kamera, tetapi cerita yang jauh dari berakhir di sana.

Sejurus kemudian Grimm kembali dan menghadapi menghadapi wartawan Michael Scotto , secara lisan berating dia untuk bertanyakan soalan yang tidak berkaitan dengan Negeri ucapan Kesatuan . Walaupun penegasan Scotto bahawa beliau telah bertanya soalan yang sah, Grimm mengancam untuk membuang Scotto lebih balkoni dan " memecahkan [dia] pada separuh. "

Seluruh kejadian telah ditangkap oleh kamera NY1 ini:

Lawmaker threatens to throw reporter off of Capitol balcony after State of the Union

A United States lawmaker confronted a reporter and threatened to throw him off of a balcony during an interview following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening.

New York Rep. Michael Grimm (R) was being interviewed by local news station NY1 when he was asked about allegations concerning a federal probe into his campaign finances. Grimm refused to answer the question and quickly walked away from the camera, but the story far from ended there.

Moments later, Grimm returned and got into the face of reporter Michael Scotto, verbally berating him for asking a question unrelated to the State of the Union speech. Despite Scotto’s assertion that he was asking a valid question, Grimm threatened to throw Scotto over the balcony and “break [him] in half.”

The entire incident was captured by NY1's cameras:

Berikut adalah transkrip pertukaran, ihsan NY1.

Grimm: “Biar saya jelas kepada anda, anda berbuat demikian kepada saya sekali lagi saya akan membuang anda ini dari f ----- g balkoni.”

Scotto: “Mengapa saya hanya mahu bertanya kepada anda . . .”

[[cross talk]]

Grimm : “Jika anda berbuat demikian kepada saya sekali lagi . . .”

Scotto: “Mengapa?  Mengapa ? Ianya soalan yang sah”

[[cross talk]]

Grimm: “Tidak, tidak, anda tidak cukup jantan, anda tidak cukup jantan, saya patah anda separuh macam budak . . .”

Tidak lama selepas konfrontasi, Grimm mengeluarkan kenyataan berikut:

“Saya amat marah kerana saya telah melakukan NY1 ‘favor’ oleh bergegas untuk melakukan wawancara pertama mereka sebagai ganti beberapa permintaan lain. Wartawan yang tahu bahawa saya tergesa-gesa dan hanya ada mengulas mengenai Kesatuan Negara, tetapi berkeras mengambil pukulan menghormati dan murah pada akhir temu bual itu, kerana saya tidak mempunyai masa untuk bercakap di luar topik.

“Saya secara lisan mengambil wartawan untuk tugas dan memberitahu dia pergi, kerana saya mengharapkan satu tahap profesionalisme dan menghormati, terutamanya apabila saya keluar dari jalan saya untuk melakukan wartawan yang ‘favor’. Saya ragu-ragu bahawa saya Ahli pertama Kongres untuk mendamprat wartawan, dan saya pasti saya tidak akan jadi yang terakhir,” kata Grimm.

Sementara itu, Pengarah NY1 Politik Bob Hardt dipanggil tingkah laku Grimm “amat membimbangkan” dan menuntut permohonan maaf dari Kongres itu.

Awal bulan ini, FBI tangkap Diana Durand - bekas teman wanita Grimm - dan menun-tutnya dengan membuat sumbangan kewangan haram untuk kempen ahli parlimen melalui penderma jerami. Beliau menderma jumlah maksimum $ 4,800 yang dibenarkan di bawah undang-undang semasa, tetapi kemudian didakwa memberitahu 4 individu lain dia akan membayar balik kepada mereka jika mereka membuat sumbangan mereka sendiri. Durand dilaporkan disalurkan lebih daripada $ 10,000 kepada kempen Grimm secara haram.

Grimm sendiri tidak terlibat dalam skandal itu, walaupun Washington Times melaporkan bahawa dia sedang disiasat bagi mungkin meminta wang daripada penderma asing.

Bagi ancaman Grimm untuk melambungkan Scotto lalui balkoni itu, wartawan itu berkata beliau mengambil keadaan dalam usaha.

“Saya tidak percaya isi ancaman langsung. Maksud saya, saya tidak mengambil ia secara peribadi,” Scotto memberitahu CNN “Hari Baru” pada hari Rabu, menurut Politico. “Saya hanya fikir dia marah dengan hakikat bahawa saya bertanya soalan itu, dan saya fikir beliau lebih marah oleh fakta bahawa jenis menjelaskan saya kepada penonton mengapa dia tidak akan menjawab soalan itu . . . Ia pergi dengan territory itu. "

Here’s a transcript of the exchange, courtesy of NY1.

Grimm: "Let me be clear to you, you ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f-----g balcony."

Scotto: "Why? I just wanted to ask you..."

[[cross talk]]

Grimm: "If you ever do that to me again..."

Scotto: "Why? Why? It’s a valid question."

[[cross talk]]

Grimm: "No, no, you're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll break you in half. Like a boy."

Shortly after the confrontation, Grimm released the following statement:

“I was extremely annoyed because I was doing NY1 a favor by rushing to do their interview first in lieu of several other requests. The reporter knew that I was in a hurry and was only there to comment on the State of the Union, but insisted on taking a disrespectful and cheap shot at the end of the interview, because I did not have time to speak off-topic.

“I verbally took the reporter to task and told him off, because I expect a certain level of professionalism and respect, especially when I go out of my way to do that reporter a favor. I doubt that I am the first Member of Congress to tell off a reporter, and I am sure I won’t be the last,” Grimm said.

For his part, NY1 Political Director Bob Hardt called Grimm’s behavior “extremely disturbing” and demanded an apology from the Congressman.

Earlier this month, the FBI arrested Diana Durand – Grimm’s ex-girlfriend – and charged her with making illegal financial contributions to the lawmaker’s campaign through straw donors. She donated the maximum amount of $4,800 permissible under current law, but then allegedly told four other individuals she would reimburse them if they made their own donations. Durand reportedly funneled more than $10,000 to Grimm’s campaign illegally.

Grimm himself has not been implicated in the scandal, though the Washington Times reports that he is under investigation for possibly asking for money from foreign donors.

As for Grimm’s threat to toss Scotto over the balcony, the reporter said he is taking the situation in stride.

“I don’t believe the substance of the threat at all. I mean, I’m not taking it personally,” Scotto told CNN’s “New Day” on Wednesday, according to Politico. “I just think he was angry by the fact that I asked that question, and I think he was even more angry by the fact that I kind of explained to viewers why he was not going to answer that question. … It goes with the territory.”

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