NJ CONGRESSWOMAN MOVES TO TOSS ICE-JAIL ASSAULT INDICTMENT, SAYS BODY-CAM VIDEO BACKS HER

Rep. LaMonica McIver seeks dismissal of a federal indictment alleging she assaulted or impeded agents during the May 9 confrontation at Newark’s Delaney Hall ICE jail. Her filings argue the indictment omits context, overstates contact, and ignore that she was conducting congressional oversight; body-cam footage is cited as supportive but not yet public. The episode coincided with the attempted arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, whose trespass charge was later dropped; he is now suing the federal government. McIver claims her actions were defensive and that DHS social posts distorted events.