Ben Jacobs' Broken Glasses Find a Home in the Newseum

And Jacobs gets a new pair, paid for by health insurance

In the likely case that you’ve read the account of Greg Gianforte–then a GOP candidate for the House, now a candidate-elect with a misdemeanor assault charge–and his assault on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs right before Montana’s special election, you would know that a key detail involved Jacobs’ glasses, which were broken when the candidate body-slammed the reporter.

Those glasses will not be consigned to the [literal] ash heap of history, but will find a new home at the Newseum.

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