{
  "id": 8121327,
  "title": "Man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/man-who-sprayed-rep-ilhan-omar-with-vinegar-sentenced-to-14-months-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T23:07:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/man-who-sprayed-rep-ilhan-omar-with-vinegar-sentenced-to-14-months-in-prison"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man who sprayed vinegar at US Representative Ilhan Omar during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. According to The Hill, the man, Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, received the maximum sentence for his federal charges of assaulting a US officer.\n\nHe was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, as reported by The Hill. The incident occurred in January, although the exact date is not specified in the reports.\n\nThe sentencing comes after Kazmierczak reached a plea deal with prosecutors, as reported by PBS NewsHour and The Hill.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ilhan Omar attacker sentenced to more than a year in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ilhan-omar-attacker-sentenced-to-more-than-a-year-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-09-17T19:42:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Man who sprayed Ilhan Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/man-who-sprayed-ilhan-omar-with-vinegar-sentenced-to-14-months",
        "published": "2026-09-17T22:48:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Man who assaulted US lawmaker Ilhan Omar sentenced to 14 months in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/man-who-assaulted-us-lawmaker-ilhan-omar-sentenced-to-14-months-in",
        "published": "2026-09-18T00:53:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Man who assaulted US lawmaker Ilhan Omar sentenced to 14 months in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/man-who-assaulted-us-lawmaker-ilhan-omar-sentenced-to-14-months-in-8156877",
        "published": "2026-09-18T03:04:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}