Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) described how her “morning espresso” performed a job in saving her from further accidents all through an attack within her Washington, D.C., rental construction on Thursday morning.
Craig’s feedback come someday after an attacker approached Craig in an elevator and averted her from leaving prior to “he punched her at the left aspect of her face, placing the chin [and] mouth space together with his closed fist,” in step with a U.S. Capitol Police affidavit reported via CBS Information.
The attacker grabbed the Minnesota Democrat’s collarbone, the affidavit stated, prior to she tossed a cup of espresso at him. He then exited from the construction.
The congresswoman suffered bruises within the assault however was once in a different way “bodily OK,” her leader of personnel, Nick Coe, stated Thursday.
Craig, in a commentary on Friday, thanked folks for his or her enhance and described herself as fortunate within the wake of the assault.
“My morning espresso truly stored the day the day prior to this, however no longer precisely how I anticipated it to,” Craig wrote.
“On a major notice, I will be able to say that I used to be very, very fortunate that I used to be no longer extra injured — and I’ll have extra to mention about that quickly.”
Craig added that she was once improving from the assault at house in Minnesota on Friday.
D.C. police have arrested and charged Kendrick Hamlin, 26, in connection to the attack.
Hamlin is predicted to stand federal legal fees and is ready to look in court docket on Monday afternoon, in step with CBS Information.
There’s no proof that the assault was once politically motivated, Coe stated Thursday.
