Two United States college graduates have been jailed for 30 days each for hitting a U.S. Senator in the face with a pie. The two, Ahlam Mohsen and Max Kantar, threw a pie in the face of Senator Carl Levin one year ago.
The incident took place at a Michigan cafe, where Levin was meeting constituents.
Mohsen and Kantar said they attacked Levin over his stance on U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and America's ties to Israel. Levin (D-Mich) chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Bizarrely, the two attacked Levin as he was listening to Kantar's reasons for opposing his positions.
Mohsen said the two had not meant Levin any harm, and noted that they had taken care to remove the crust from the pie in order to avoid injuring the senator. Both she and Kantar pleaded guilty to charges of assault on a member of Congress.
Mohsen's attorney described the pair as “good kids” who “expressed their political views in a misguided way.”
The sentence was relatively light; sentencing guidelines recommend eight to twelve months in prison. In Mohsen and Kantar's case, however, probation officials recommended a noncustodial sentence.