A federal judge dismissed a case against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he was arrested outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in New Jersey earlier this month — and attacked the Justice Department for pursuing it.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver says assault charges filed against her after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor are no more than “political intimidation,” and she anticipates her day in court,

Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution

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.

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.

A decision by interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to announce her decision to charge Rep. LaMonica Mclver (D-N.J.) with felony assault on X may have put the case on the fast-track to nowhere according to two MSNBC legal analysts.

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.