The Justice Department said it filed charges Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., alleging she assaulted law enforcement this month at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.

The acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, made the announcement on X, where she accused McIver of “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement.”

McIver called the charges “purely political” in a statement and said she looks forward “to the truth being laid out clearly in court.”

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    This is one court case I’ll definitely be watching.

    With ICE operating as a literal bunch of unidentifiable, masked kidnappers, it only makes sense that people are intervening. I’m also curious to see when one of these self-styled freedom fighters will emerge to stop one of these ICE kidnappings, in fact.

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      I’m also curious to see when one of these self-styled freedom fighters will emerge to stop one of these ICE kidnappings, in fact

      The revolution will not be televised