Democrats see pending federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (R-N.J.) over a scuffle with immigration agents as a politically-motivated prosecution by the Trump administration designed to

Alina Habba, a former legal advisor to Donald Trump and now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, made headlines this week after charging Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) with assaulting law enforcement officers at a federal immigration detention center.

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.

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.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside a detention center.

U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged on Monday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside of an ICE detention facility earlier this month.

Democrats have denounced the charges as politically motivated and an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate member of Congress and chill oversight.

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