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According to the New Jersey Globe, the Justice Department intends to bring charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) following the May 9th incident at Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center.
The outlet said the timing of when the Justice Department will bring charges is unclear.
McIver was involved in a scuffle with federal immigration agents outside of the Newark facility.
🚨 JUST IN: US Attorney Alina Habba and the DOJ are set to announce CHARGES against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver after she stormed the New Jersey ICE facility and threw hands with law enforcement – NJ Globe
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New Jersey Globe reports:
Much is still unknown about the case against the freshman congresswoman, including the timing of when interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba will announce charges. McIver is set to be represented by Paul Fishman, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey during the Obama administration, and Lee Cortes, the former Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney.
On Friday, May 9, McIver and three other prominent New Jersey Democrats – Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) and Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) – visited Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed facility in the East Ward of Newark that began housing immigrant detainees at the beginning of this month, for an oversight visit.
Partway through the visit, Baraka was arrested by federal authorities; they claimed he was trespassing, while he maintained that he had followed their directions and left when they instructed him to. Baraka’s arrest prompted a scuffle among the three representatives, ICE agents, and a group of protesters who had gathered at Delaney Hall’s gate; both sides have claimed that the other was the aggressor in the fight, which seems to have caused no reported injuries.
Video footage shows the fight to have been a general scramble. McIver in particular forcefully attempted to protect Baraka both physically and verbally as he was led away, which may be the basis for charges against her, though claims from some Republicans that she body-slammed or punched ICE officers are more dubious based on the footage available. (Menendez and the 80-year-old Watson Coleman were also involved in the melee, but there’s less video evidence of them physically engaging with agents, perhaps explaining the Justice Department’s focus on McIver.)
WATCH:
🚨BREAKING: The DOJ set to announce charges against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver as early as today for assaulting law enforcement at a New Jersey ICE facility, according to New Jersey Globe.pic.twitter.com/v6KdaJgp88
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Per Newsmax:
Baraka claims he was following agents’ instructions and leaving the area when he was arrested. His arrest led to a physical altercation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the three legislators, and a crowd of protesters in which both sides claim the other was the aggressor.
Footage of the incident shows McIver “forcefully attempted to protect Baraka both physically and verbally as he was led away,” but does not show her striking or “body-slamming” an ICE officer as some Republicans have claimed, according to the Globe and a spokesperson for Watson County, where the incident took place
“We’ve reviewed the body cam footage shared by [Department of Homeland Security] which confirms what we’ve said from the beginning: ICE agents put their hands on Members of Congress and arrested the Mayor of Newark on public property,” the county spokesperson said in a statement last week, adding, “Nobody was ‘body slammed,’ nobody ‘assaulted’ any agents, and this footage confirms that.”