Overview
- U.S. Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz ruled that Anthony Kazmierczak must remain in federal custody after finding probable cause he committed a felony during the Jan. 27 event.
- Prosecutors say video shows Kazmierczak rushing the lectern and spraying liquid from a syringe as Rep. Ilhan Omar addressed constituents before he was tackled and arrested.
- Subsequent testing indicated the substance was apple cider vinegar, and the affidavit says it stained Omar’s clothing and may have reached her face.
- Kazmierczak faces a federal count of assaulting and interfering with a member of Congress as well as Hennepin County charges for threats of violence and assault.
- Defense counsel sought release to a halfway house citing Parkinson’s disease, sleep apnea, and restrictive housing at Sherburne County Jail, but the judge kept him detained as a community risk.