Congresswoman charged in ICE jail melee says indictment leaves out key details

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz
August 21, 2025
3:05 pm

New court filings from U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who wants a judge to dismiss a federal indictment against her, allege the charging document excludes key details of what happened at a Newark migrant jail on the day prosecutors claim McIver attacked federal officers.

The indictment, which hit McIver (D-10) with three charges of assaulting or impeding federal agents trying to arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on May 9, leaves out that Baraka had left the facility when ordered, overstates the moments of physical contact between McIver and agents arresting the mayor, and obscures that McIver’s actions were part of her federally authorized oversight duties as a congresswoman, the filings say.

Moreover, McIver’s legal team says, footage from federal officers’ body-worn cameras confirms her version of events. McIver has cited the video footage in court filings, but it has yet to be made public.

“The indictment is skeletal, exaggerated, omits context, and the video evidence squarely contradicts much of it,” one of them says ...

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