New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver charged with assault after clash at detention center
by Lauren Gambino from US news | The Guardian on (#6XD60)
No one is above the law - politicians or otherwise,' interim US attorney Alina Habba said.
US representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, was charged with assaulting federal agents after a clash outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, the state's federal prosecutor announced on Monday.
Alina Habba, interim US attorney, said in a post on social media that McIver was facing charges for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement" when she visited the detention center along with two other Democratic members of the New Jersey congressional delegation on 9 May.
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