Democrat calls for inquiry over Greg Gianforte's assault of Guardian reporter

Head of the Montana Democratic Party said Gianforte has never owned up to lying to the police or the public about the assault

The head of the Montana Democratic party on Thursday asked for a congressional ethics investigation into whether Republican representative Greg Gianforte lied to the police and the public when he assaulted a reporter last year.

The request by the party's executive director, Nancy Keenan, comes exactly one year after Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs said Gianforte "body slammed" him for asking a question the day before Gianforte won a special election for Montana's only US House seat.