WASHINGTON \u2014 A woman who spit on the top federal prosecutor for the nation\u2019s capital during a videotaped interview pleaded guilty on Thursday to assault charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emily Gabriella Sommer, 32, of Washington, D.C., is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 10 for assaulting then-acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin Jr.<\/a> and two law-enforcement officers who arrested her several days after she spit on Martin. Sommer pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting public officials, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro\u2019s office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A trial for Sommer had been scheduled to start next Monday. Instead, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb accepted Sommer\u2019s guilty plea and will sentence her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On May 8, a Newsmax reporter was interviewing Martin on a sidewalk outside his office when Sommer approached him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAre you Ed Martin? You are Ed Martin,\u201d Sommer said before lunging at him and spitting on his left shoulder, according to prosecutors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As she walked away, Sommer swore at Martin and called him \u201ca disgusting man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy name is Emily Gabriella Sommer, and you are served,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sommer later took credit for the spitting incident in a message replying to a social media post by Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The encounter occurred on the same day that President Donald Trump<\/a> pulled Martin\u2019s nomination to remain U.S. Attorney<\/a> for the District of Columbia. Martin faced bipartisan opposition in the Senate after a turbulent stint in the nation\u2019s largest U.S. Attorney\u2019s office. A key Republican senator<\/a> said he could not support Martin for the job due to his support for rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martin roiled the office with a series of unorthodox moves, such as firing and demoting<\/a> subordinates who worked on politically sensitive cases. Trump replaced Martin with former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro<\/a>, who was confirmed<\/a> by the Senate on Aug. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When U.S. Marshals Service deputies went to arrest Sommer at her apartment on May 22, she spit in a deputy\u2019s face and kicked him, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow is that spit? Taste good? I was just getting over a cold sore. I hope I gave you herpes,\u201d Sommer told the deputy, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sommer also kicked a second deputy during her arrest and told another deputy, \u201cI would put a bullet in you if I had it. I would put a bullet in every one of you right now,\u201d prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During her initial court appearance in May, Sommer repeatedly disrupted the hearing with outbursts. Deputies picked her up and carried her out of the courtroom after one of her interruptions prompted a magistrate to suspend the hearing. Sommer later apologized to the magistrate for her courtroom conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n