Feds charge New Jersey congressmember with assault

[justaprogressive]

The Justice Department announced an assault charge Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat who was involved in a chaotic confrontation with officials outside a federal immigration facility earlier this month.

The criminal charge follows a May 9 visit by McIver, along with her colleagues Reps. Rob Menendez and Bonnie Watson Coleman, to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark that unfolded in a tussle and resulted in the arrest of the city’s Democratic mayor.

New Jersey interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the charge against McIver on X, escalating a confrontation between the political branches, while also agreeing to drop the pending trespass charge against Mayor Ras Baraka.

“I have persistently made efforts to address these issues without bringing criminal charges and have given Representative McIver every opportunity to come to a resolution, but she has unfortunately declined,” Habba said in a statement.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/19/new-jersey-congressmember-assault-00357934

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Awww did the big bad ICE cop get beat up by a girl?

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Habba, is she the one that scammed a woman who was going to sue Trump's golf course for SA?

Habba supposedly befriended her, gave legal advice, got the woman to sign away almost everything and then Habba ghosted her when all was said and done. The woman got an attorney and was following up on things last year.

How come the NJ Bar Association hasn't pulled Habba's license yet?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Federal Law expressly provides that members of Congress can inspect federal facilities without prior notice

Congresswoman McIver was following the law and doing her job as a member of Congress

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