Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey's top federal prosecutor announced Monday.
Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the charge of assaulting, impeding, or interfering with law enforcement on social media, but court papers providing details were not immediately released or publicly available online.
At the same time, Habba announced that her office was dismissing a misdemeanor case brought against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested after he attempted to join McIver and two other members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation inspecting the facility in their oversight capacity. Habba said the decision was reached “for the sake of moving forward" and said she has invited the mayor to tour the Delaney Hall detention center and will join him herself.
“The citizens of New Jersey deserve unified leadership so we can get to work to keep our state safe,” Habba said in a statement.
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