Woman charged with spitting on then-US attorney
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Left: Former acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin being interviewed by Newsmax (court documents) Right: A person believed to be Emily Gabriella Sommer appearing to spit on Martin during the interview (court documents)

A woman has been arrested for allegedly spitting on Ed Martin, the beleaguered former interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, while he was being interviewed earlier this month.

Emily Gabriella Sommer, 32, has been charged with one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a government official, according to an affidavit released on Thursday. The charge was unsealed as Sommer appeared in court, where U.S. Marshals had to remove her at one point because she became “agitated,” according to local WUSA reporter Jordan Fischer.

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The confrontation between Sommer and Martin occurred on May 8 at about 3:30 p.m. in front of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., according to the court documents. While a Newsmax reporter was interviewing Martin, Sommer is said to have approached him and made a comment along the lines of, “Who in the f— are you?”

When Martin, 55, turned toward Sommer, she allegedly said, “Are you Ed Martin? You are. Ed Martin,” and then lunged at him and spit on his left shoulder.

Sommer proceeded to walk away, yelling, “You are a disgusting man. F— you, Ed Martin. My name is Emily Gabriella Sommer, and you are served,” the affidavit states.

Investigators searched law enforcement databases for her name and found a previous booking photo that was consistent with photos from the incident with Martin. They also found an X account with the username “@EmilyGabriellaS” that had made several identical posts about the confrontation, replying to posts from Martin and saying: “ED, that was me that spit in your face today” and calling the action a “pleasure.”

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