Federal charges against Dem, congress 'woman'

Monday, May 19, 2025

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement from the Department of Homeland Security during a chaotic melee that erupted outside of an ICE detention facility in her home state of New Jersey, acting US Attorney Alina Habba said Monday. Prosecutors will, however, drop the federal trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested during the confrontation, Habba said in a news release. The scuffle outside the detention facility as protesters, lawmakers and Homeland Security officers pushed against each other, thrust the political battle between the administration and Democratic lawmakers over President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy agenda into a new stage " charging a federal lawmaker with criminal wrongdoing.

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"No one is above the law " politicians or otherwise," Habba said. "It is the job of this office to uphold justice impartially, regardless of who you are."

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"McIver is the first federal officeholder targeted by the the Trump administration as they aggressively prosecute politicians who open themselves up to legal liability while opposing the president's mass deportations.

McIver has strongly denied assaulting law enforcement during the clash, saying she was the one who was assaulted. In a Monday statement, she called the charges against her "purely political" and said they are "meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight."

The Department of Homeland Security has pointed to body camera footage of what they say is McIver elbowing an ICE agent during the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka."

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lmao.... 'elbowing' is a physical threat to an armored ICE Officer?

The Congress people were there doing their jobs of overseeing a Gov Dept.

Trumpers are such HUGE vaginas!

But hey, they gotta start the precedents for arresting the political opposition where they can.

It werks for them like voter suppression, only different.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-19 09:29 PM | Reply

Ship her to El Salvador with her admirer Corkypoo.

#2 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-05-19 09:41 PM | Reply