NEW: Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was attacked Thursday morning in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building, her office says: 'Rep. Craig defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay.'
Thursday morning in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building, her office said in a statement.
"Rep. Craig defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay," chief of staff Nick Coe said. Coe said the assailant then fled, and there was no evidence the attack was politically motivated. A Metropolitan Police Department report detailing the attack obtained by NBC News said that Craig first spotted the suspect in her building's lobby,"acting erratic as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance."
He then entered the elevator with her and began doing pushups before punching her in the chin and grabbing her neck, police said. According to the police report, she told police she threw her cup of hot coffee at him, after which he escaped. The report says that the man, “punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck.” Craig tossed her hot coffee at the man but he escaped before police arrived.
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