House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Department of Justice’s decision to charge Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) in connection with her and other Democrats’ alleged storming of an ICE facility.
Raskin sent a letter to Bondi on Tuesday demanding to know why McIver was charged when U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba allegedly did not contact the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, which is required when charging a member of Congress for actions in their official capacity.
“Ms. Habba’s unprecedented charging decision is a blatant attempt to intimidate Members of Congress and to deter us from carrying out our constitutional oversight duties,” Raskin said. “It appears Ms. Habba brought these charges in violation of
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