The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that Representative LaMonica McIver (D–N.J.) has been formally charged in connection with a recent confrontation involving law enforcement outside a Newark Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
“Today my office has charged Congresswoman McIver with violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1) for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement,” stated acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba in a post on X.
At the same time, Habba revealed that her office would be dropping a separate charge of trespassing against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who had been accused of committing a class C misdemeanor during the same incident, reports National Review.
“After extensive consideration, we have agreed to dismiss Mayor
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