This just in: the Democrat Congresswoman who assaulted ICE agents at a detention facility in New Jersey has just been formally indicted.
Rep. LaMonica McIver now faces a sentence of up to 17 years in prison for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement.
This is what justice and accountability looks like.
BREAKING: Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted with three federal charges for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers at an ICE facility in Newark, NJ.
She is facing 17 years in prison.
Justice. https://t.co/mlOBtsFPRs pic.twitter.com/2gSPPiyoGO
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 10, 2025
Truly, no one is above the law.
U.S. Attorney Alina Habba stated:
Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers. This indictment has a maximum penalty of 8 years for Count One, an…
— US Attorney Habba (@USAttyHabba) June 10, 2025
Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers. This indictment has a maximum penalty of 8 years for Count One, an additional maximum penalty of 8 years for Count Two, and a maximum penalty of 1 year in prison for Count Three.
As I have stated in the past, it is my Constitutional obligation as the Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer for New Jersey to ensure that our federal partners are protected when executing their duties. While people are free to express their views for or against particular policies, they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement and the communities those officers serve.
Today’s decision by the grand jury is the next step in a process that my Office will pursue to a just end.
NBC News has more details on the indictment:
McIver and two other New Jersey Democrats were visiting the ICE facility in May to conduct an oversight visit when a protest was taking place.
Department of Homeland Security officials arrested Newark Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka that day on trespassing charges, and a DHS spokesperson at the time said the lawmakers had “stormed” the facility.
Habba’s office dropped the charges against Baraka last month.
McIver said to reporters at the time that she had been “assaulted by multiple ICE agents.”
The indictment alleges that McIver interjected during Baraka’s arrest, yelling, “Hell no! Hell no!” and that she “attempted to thwart” the arrest by putting her arms around Baraka.
ADVERTISEMENTIt goes on to say that McIver “slammed her forearm” into one officer and “reached out and tried to restrain” the agent by “forcibly grabbing him.” It further alleges that the congresswoman pushed past a second agent, “using each of her forearms to visibly strike” him.
Rep. McIver plans to plead not guilty and is labeling the indictment as “a brazen attempt at political intimidation.”
Read her full statement in response to being charged for assaulting ICE agents here:
This indictment is no more justified than the original charges. I will not be intimidated. My full statement: pic.twitter.com/C0aZyrnNx8
— Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) June 10, 2025
The facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation. This indictment is no more justified than the original charges, and is an effort by Trump’s administration to dodge accountability for the chaos ICE causes and scare me out of doing the work I was elected to do. But it won’t work — I will not be intimidated. The facts are on our side, I will be entering a plea of not guilty, I’m grateful for the support of my community, and I look forward to my day in court.
According to Fox News, Rep. McIver’s attorney stated:
McIver’s attorney, Paul Fishman, dismissed the case as political in a statement given to Fox News:
“This prosecution is political retaliation against a dedicated public servant… We fully expect the Congresswoman’s exoneration.”
Uh huh.
“Dedicated public servant.”
More like dedicated illegal criminal ally…
Rep. McIver believes she was “simply doing her job” by attacking ICE agents.
No court is going to buy that excuse…not when we have video evidence like this:
In the video you can see indisputable evidence of… pic.twitter.com/msAQBz23oJ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 10, 2025
BREAKING: I have obtained exclusive ICE officer body cam footage clearly showing Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally and physically assaulting federal agents in New Jersey after illegally entering an ICE detention facility.
In the video you can see indisputable evidence of Congresswoman McIver (in the red jacket) punch, push and hit a federal agent, refusing to follow the ICE officers orders and impeding in a lawful arrest.
In the body cam footage you can also watch Rep. McIver verbally threaten to “put hands” on the federal agents. “I touch whoever I want mother fu****!” Rep. McIver then threatens to destroy the ICE officers careers, “You will pay!” before descending into a profanity-laced rampage tirade.
All of these actions are flatly illegal under 18 U.S. Code § 111 and carry heavy fines and prison sentences.
A spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to me that “there will be more investigations and arrests.”
“If you assault a law enforcement officer you will answer to the law.”
I have reached out to Speaker Johnson’s Office for an official statement on disciplinary action from the House.
What are your thoughts?
Should Rep. McIver go to prison for assaulting ICE?
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