US EditionWoman pleads guilty to assault for spitting on top DC prosecutor during interview
Emily Gabriella Sommer pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting public officials including spitting on the U.S. Attorney and attacking U.S. Marshals during her arrest, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, Emily Gabriella Sommer pleaded guilty to three assault counts, and U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb accepted her plea.
- During her recent arrest, Emily Gabriella Sommer spat in a U.S. Marshals Service deputy’s face and kicked two marshals after her recent incident with then-acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin Jr.
- A superseding indictment in May added two assault charges tied to the May 22 incident, and Sommer was later jailed in late June at the D.C. Jail.
- USADC prosecutors will next handle the case, and Martin said Wednesday that Sommer had another outburst during her initial court appearance on May 22.
- While in holding after being removed from the courtroom, Sommer pleaded guilty to assaulting two U.S. Marshals, and President Trump later appointed Martin to head the DOJ’s weaponization group.
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Woman pleads guilty to assault for spitting on top DC prosecutor during interview
A woman who spit on the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital during a videotaped interview has pleaded guilty to assault charges.
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Woman Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Trump Official
A D.C. woman will be entering a guilty plea to federal charges spitting on then-U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin back in May. She will also be pleading guilty to assaulting two U.S. Marshalls while in custody. Attorneys for Emily Gabriella Sommer, 33, said in court Tuesday that she will be pleading guilty to all three counts against her, all for assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer or employee. Judge Jia M. Cob…
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