Anthony James Kazmierczak poses for a Hennepin County Jail booking photograph after his arrest on a charge of third degree assault following an incident at Rep. Ilhan Omar's town hall event in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026 in a combination photograph. Hennepin County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS
WASHINGTON—A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a January town hall in which the lawmaker condemned President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, the Justice Department said.
“Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, pleaded guilty today to one count of Assaulting a United States Officer in U.S. District Court,” the Justice Department said in a statement.
