A federal judge on Thursday declined to toss assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), who faces charges of assaulting federal agents outside an immigration detention facility in May.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper allows McIver’s prosecution to proceed closer to trial.
“Defendant has failed to offer clear evidence that the charges in this case had a discriminatory effect, thus her claims of selective enforcement and prosecution must fail,” Semper wrote, according to The Hill.
Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, must face at least two of three federal charges accusing her of assaulting and impeding immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center after a federal judge rejected her attempt to dismiss the case. https://t.co/TFf6tLRT4K pic.twitter.com/f8PMTZVRpr
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