The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey announced charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey Monday night for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement related to a May 9 altercation at a Newark immigration facility.
Three Democratic lawmakers from New Jersey − Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and McIver − faced off against DHS guards on May 9 outside the Delaney Hall detention center shortly after officers arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Members of Congress, by law, can visit immigrant detention facilities unannounced.
U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, formerly a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said in a statement that she has “given Representative McIver every opportunity to come to a resolution, but she has unfortunately declined.”
In the same statement, Habba said the misdemeanor charges against Baraka have been dropped. The other two lawmakers have not been charged.