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The person who allegedly assaulted Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, house final week made his preliminary look in federal courtroom Monday.
Kendrid Hamlin was charged final week with assaulting a member of Congress. Throughout a short public listening to at DC District Court docket, Hamlin didn’t enter a plea. The courtroom scheduled a detention listening to for him for Wednesday, and he’ll stay detained pending that listening to.
In a memo asking the decide to proceed to detain Hamlin pending trial, the Justice Division laid out the defendant’s prolonged prison historical past and failure to indicate as much as a number of current courtroom hearings, saying the sample gives “overwhelming proof of his danger of flight.”
The federal government additionally mentioned that Hamlin “reported to be experiencing housing insecurity, and the circumstances of the case exhibit that he’s basically residing on the road. Thus, his present residing circumstance will not be conducive to monitoring or one other such situation that will guarantee his future appearances at courtroom proceedings.”
If convicted, Hamlin faces a most of 10 years in jail.
In response to courtroom paperwork, Craig, a Minnesota Democrat, seen Hamlin strolling round contained in the foyer of her house advanced on the morning of February 9. After Craig entered an elevator, swiped her constructing entry card and chosen a ground, Hamlin stopped the elevator from closing by sticking his hand via the door, courtroom paperwork say.
Hamlin advised Craig he wanted to come back to her house to make use of the restroom and, after Craig advised him no, Hamlin “stood in entrance of the elevator door, blocking the Consultant from exiting the elevator, and hit buttons on the keypad.”
When Craig tried to maneuver previous him, Hamlin allegedly punched the congresswoman in her face and held her from reaching the elevator keypad, courtroom paperwork say, grabbing her collarbone.
Craig then threw a cup of scorching espresso she was carrying at Hamlin, based on courtroom paperwork. Hamlin then let go of the congresswoman, who was in a position to depart the elevator when the doorways opened and yell for assist, courtroom paperwork say.
“After the assault, the Consultant spoke to legislation enforcement brokers and described her assailant as an African-American male carrying no sneakers, a white hospital masks, and gray sweatpants with a particular black marking,” based on the assertion of offense.
Hamlin was arrested that afternoon based mostly on the outline Craig offered in addition to surveillance video from the house advanced.
The day after the incident, Craig mentioned in an announcement: “My morning espresso actually saved the day yesterday, however not precisely how I anticipated it to. On a severe notice, I can even say that I used to be very, very fortunate that I used to be no more injured – and I’ll have extra to say about that quickly.”