Raskin launches probe of McIver charges in ICE facility scuffle
Source: The Hill
06/03/25 6:31 PM ET
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is launching an investigation into the charges filed against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) and the mayor of Newark, N.J., saying the moves appears to violate Justice Department policy.
McIver was charged last month after a scuffle with Department of Homeland Security officers outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility after they began to arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D).
Alina Habba, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey and former personal attorney to President Trump, charged McIver with assaulting law enforcement, saying she used her forearms to push back against agents. Habba’s office has already moved to dismiss the trespassing charges initially filed against Baraka, earning a reprimand from the judge in the case who cited an “apparent rush in this case, culminating … in the embarrassing retraction of charges.”
“Ms. Habba’s unprecedented charging decision is a blatant attempt to intimidate Members of Congress and to deter us from carrying out our constitutional oversight duties. It appears Ms. Habba brought these charges in violation of long-standing Department of Justice (DOJ) policies designed to prevent exactly this type of politically motivated abuse of prosecutorial power,” Raskin wrote.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5331512-raskin-probe-mciver-charges-ice-facility-scuffle/
Link to House Judiciary Committee Democrats' PRESS RELEASE - Ranking Member Raskin Opens Probe Into DOJ’s Efforts to Chill Congressional Oversight by Charging Rep. McIver
Link to House Judiciary Committee Democrats' LETTER/QUESTIONS (PDF) - https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-06-03.raskin-to-bondi-doj-re-mciver-charges.pdf
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