Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with felony assault
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LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with assaulting federal law enforcement during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility earlier this month. The prosecutor simultaneously dropped a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka stemming from the same incident.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) filed a resolution on Wednesday to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) from the House of Representatives after a federal assault charge was brought against the Democrat earlier this week in connection with her confrontation with law enforcement outside a Newark immigration detention center.