A man accused of assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in an elevator inside her Washington, D.C. apartment building in February pleaded guilty in federal court this week, officials said.
Kendrick Hamlin, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a member of Congress, as well as two counts of assault on a law enforcement official, according to a statement published by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday.
Prosecutors said Hamlin admitted to assaulting a detective and a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department on the day he assaulted Craig. They also said he “willfully assaulted” the 51-year-old Democrat congresswoman from Minnesota….}