The Feds Charge a Congresswoman With Assaulting an ICE Agent

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

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Rep. LaMonica McIver is accused of striking and impeding federal officers amid a confrontation at a Newark immigration detention facility. She calls the charges "ridiculous," while New Jersey's interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba says her conduct that day can't be overlooked. Plus, the Secret Service interviews James Comey about his “86 47” seashell photo posted on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.1	The Justice Department charges a Democratic member of Congress with assault and impeding federal agents after a tussle
0:46.6	outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. Plus, the Secret Service
0:52.1	interviews former FBI director James Comey, over an Instagram post of
0:57.1	Seychelles spelling out the numbers 8647. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
1:05.3	We're joined today by my colleagues, editorial board member Manet U-Brua, and columnist Kim Strassel.
1:12.7	On Monday, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Haba, announced federal charges against
1:19.0	Congresswoman La Monica McIvor, stemming from a confrontation that happened on May 9th at Delaney Hall,
1:26.5	a thousand-bed detention facility used by immigration and customs enforcement.
1:32.3	Newarker, Mayor Raz Baraka, was arrested in that scrum, but those charges are now being dropped.
1:38.0	Yet Haba alleged in a statement that Representative LaMonica McIver assaulted, impeded, and interfered with law enforcement
1:46.5	in violation of federal law. She said that that conduct cannot be overlooked. Here is McIver responding
1:53.9	on an interview on CNN. The charges are absurd. You know, it's ridiculous. I was there to do my job along with my other colleagues.
2:03.7	We have done this before. This is our obligation to do. It's in our job description to have
2:09.4	oversight over a facility. And the entire situation was escalated by ICE.
2:14.8	Manet, we now, as of Tuesday, have this federal charging document. What does it say
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