A federal magistrate judge lectured federal prosecutors for withdrawing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he was arrested during a protest at an ICE facility earlier this month, as a

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.

New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver will make her first court appearance Wednesday after being charged with assaulting two federal agents at an immigrant detention facility in Newark earlier this month. McIver was there with two other members of Congress on May 9 to conduct what they claimed were their congressionally-mandated oversight duties,

Former Obama-era White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen called the criminal charge against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) “absurd” and predicted it would “not stand” up in court. “We’ve all seen that

The Justice Department does not appear to be bringing charges against McIver today; the timing of when it will do so is unclear. The