Story highlights McGraw was charged in March after online videos showed him sucker-punching Jones

The two appeared to put their differences aside when they came face to face in court

Washington (CNN) The man who was punched in the face by a Donald Trump supporter at one of the President-elect's rallies earlier this year got an apology from his attacker, and even gave him a hug when they met during a court hearing Wednesday.

"It was genuine," Rakeem Jones said of James Franklin McGraw's apology. "Even if it wasn't what people expected him to say or felt like he should have said, it was him all the way around."

Jones, speaking to CNN's Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" Friday, said he went to the Fayetteville, North Carolina, rally as neither a protester nor supporter, but a spectator.

McGraw was charged in March after online videos showed him sucker-punching Jones in the face. He later said, "The next time we see him, we might have to kill him."

McGraw and Jones appeared to put their differences aside when they came face to face in court. Jones said that the two men talked online before meeting, and came to an understanding.

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