The Justice Department also announced it would be dropping the misdemeanor trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is being charged with assault after a melee outside an immigration detention facility in Newark on May 9. The decision to charge McIver was announced on Monday

New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was charged on Monday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside of an ICE detention facility earlier this month. Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that she was charging the congresswoman with assaulting and impeding a law enforcement officer.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's federal trespassing charge has been dismissed, but Rep. LaMonica McIver is now facing charges.

LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with assaulting federal law enforcement during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility earlier this month. The prosecutor simultaneously dropped a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stemming from the same incident.

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor said Monday that she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center.

Bonnie Watson Coleman told MSNBC she is "concerned" she could be charged Interim after her colleague caught an assault charge over a scuffle at an ICE facility. The post Democrat Tells MSNBC She’s Scared Alina Habba Will Prosecute Her Too After ICE Scuffle first appeared on Mediaite.

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