The man charged in the attack on Rep. Angie Craig appeared in court Friday.
, Craig said that her “morning coffee really saved the day yesterday, but not how I expected it to.” She said in the statement she was “very, very lucky that I was not more injured,” and that she felt “fortunate to have escaped following the attack and be home in Minnesota today recovering.”According to the statement of facts filed in federal court, Craig saw a man pacing as she got morning coffee in the lobby of her apartment building in the 300 block of H Street NE, near Union Station.
When Craig told him no, the court document says, “Hamlin became agitated” and “stood in front of the elevator door, blocking the representative from exiting the elevator.” The document says that when Craig tried to move past the man, “he punched her on the left side of her face.”The court document says the man then moved behind Craig, “placing his hands on her shoulders to keep her from reaching the elevator keypad.
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