DOJ accuses Rep McIver of assaulting federal brokers throughout ICE facility go to

[ad_1] The Division of Justice has accused Rep. LaMonica McIver of assaulting two federal brokers on the Delaney Corridor Detention Facility in New Jersey final month, in keeping with a brand new charging doc.

The doc cites bodycam footage from legislation enforcement officers who recorded occasions as McIver and two different New Jersey lawmakers stormed the ICE facility. Prosecutors say the primary officer McIver allegedly assaulted was a Homeland Safety Investigations agent and the second was an ICE agent.

The DOJ accuses McIver of getting "slammed her forearm into the physique of a uniformed HSI agent and reached out and tried to restrain the agent by forcibly grabbing him."

The charging doc additionally states that McIver "pushed an ICE officer & used her forearms to forcibly strike the agent."

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Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver, and Bonnie Watson Coleman are being focused in a brand new Home GOP decision. (Getty Pictures)

McIver rejected the fees in a public assertion, arguing they're "purely political."

"Earlier this month, I joined my colleagues to examine the therapy of ICE detainees at Delaney Corridor in my district," she wrote. "We have been fulfilling our lawful oversight obligations, as members of Congress have performed many instances earlier than, and our go to ought to have been peaceable and brief. As a substitute, ICE brokers created an pointless and unsafe confrontation once they selected to arrest Mayor Baraka."

"The fees in opposition to me are purely political – they mischaracterize and warp my actions, and are supposed to criminalize and deter legislative oversight," she continued. "This administration won't ever cease me from working for the folks in our district and standing up for what is true. I'm grateful for the outpouring of assist I've obtained and I stay up for the reality being laid our clearly in courtroom."

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Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver is dealing with prices for allegedly assaulting two federal brokers. (Division of Homeland Safety)

Prosecutors say McIver helped create a "human defend" and blocked brokers from handcuffing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he ignored quite a few warnings to go away the property and was instructed he can be arrested.

When the HSI agent instructed the mayor he was going to arrest him, McIver interjected and yelled "Hell no! Hell no! Hell no!" in keeping with the charging doc.

The HSI agent then ordered Baraka to place his fingers behind his again and displayed his handcuffs. McIver and different members of Congress "surrounded the Mayor and prevented HSI from handcuffing him and taking him into custody," prosecutors say.

Members of Congress bust into ICE detention facility in New Jersey (X / @RepBonnie)

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Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem weighed in on the fees in opposition to McIver on Monday, saying, "nobody is above the legislation."

"If any particular person, no matter political social gathering, affect or standing, assaults a legislation enforcement officer as we witnessed Congresswoman McIver do, you may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the legislation," the secretary wrote. "We thank our courageous ICE legislation enforcement officers for his or her service to this nice nation."

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