LaMonica McIver: Congresswoman charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor says she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center. Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the charge Monday on social media, but court papers providing details were not immediately released or publicly available online. Habba said McIver is charged with assaulting, impeding or interfering with law enforcement. Habba also announced that her office is dismissing a misdemeanor case brought against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. McIver denounced the charge as “purely political” and said prosecutors are distorting her actions in an effort to deter legislative oversight.