Rep. Angie Craig told police she fought off an attacker using hot coffee

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., pictured here speaking at a press conference earlier this month, was attacked inside the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment complex on Thursday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Representative Angie Craig, D-Minn., is bruised but otherwise OK after fighting off an attacker in the elevator of her D.C. apartment building Thursday.

Police say the suspected assailant, 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, is in custody, charged with simple assault. The attack did not appear to be politically motivated, said Craig's chief of staff, Nick Coe, in a statement.