Democratic strategist James Carville claimed on MSNBC that race was a major factor in the Department of Justice charging Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J.

The New Jersey representative was charged with "interfering with law enforcement" after a scuffle with ICE officials in Newark.

The Justice Department has filed charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-NJ, alleging that she assaulted law enforcement officers during a protest outside an immigration detention facility in New Jersey earlier this month.

N.J., appeared in court Wednesday after she was charged with assaulting two federal agents at an immigrant detention facility.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor.

The Trump administration is investigating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and pressing charges against a New Jersey congresswoman, leveraging its control over the criminal justice system to pursue Democratic rivals.

Democrats say Alina Habba's charges against the member of Congress are politically motivated but the GOP candidates for governor support them.

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.