I showed up there to do my job and she wanted me to admit to doing things.” Rep. LaMonica McIver describes her communications with Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba following charges Habba’s department filled against her over a visit to an ICE detention facility earlier this month.

Rep. Dan Goldman had harsh words for Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over her prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver. The post Dan Goldman Savages ‘Hack’ Alina Habba for Prosecuting Colleague: ‘This Is Such Trash’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver says assault charges filed against her after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor are no more than “political intimidation,” and she anticipates her day in court,

Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution

New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew called the incident at Delaney hall an "orchestrated campaign to protect illegal immigrants" during a congressional oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility.

At the same time, interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that her office was dismissing a misdemeanor case brought against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) came out swinging against interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. Habba unveiled a federal assault charge against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) on Monday night, tied to a confrontation earlier this month at a Immigration, Customs and Enforcement detention facility in Newark.

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