The woman accused of spitting on former acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Ed Martin appears to be headed for a guilty plea.
Court records show a change of plea hearing for Emily Gabriella Sommer, 33, is set for Thursday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb. Sommer had pleaded not guilty to all charges on July 30.
The hearing will come after Sommer stated her intention in court on Tuesday to plead guilty to three counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, according to Jordan Fischer of CBS affiliate WUSA .
Sommer was arrested on May 22 for allegedly spitting on Martin two weeks earlier while he was being interviewed in front of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C.
"Are you Ed Martin?" Sommer asked, according to an affidavit accompanying a