The DOJ charged Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with assault over an ICE protest and dropped a trespassing charge against Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka.

"We were there to do our jobs, and that is what we were there for," McIver claimed.

McIver, who has maintained her innocence and denounced the charges as political, is likely to be summoned to appear before a magistrate judge in federal court in the coming days to be formally advised...