U.S. Says Lawmaker Assaulted 2 Agents, as Democrats Object to Charges
A criminal complaint made public on Tuesday laid out the U.S. government’s claims against Representative LaMonica McIver, depicting her as a ringleader who assaulted two federal agents as she tried to block the arrest of Newark’s mayor, Ras J. Baraka, outside a federal migrant Задържане. Макивър, демократ от Ню Джърси, беше упрекнат в две обвинявания за „ нахлуване, опозиция и възпрепятстване на избрани чиновници или чиновници “. She has flatly rejected the government’s depiction of the events of May 9, when she and two other members of Congress went to the new detention center in Newark for an oversight visit, which they have the right to conduct under federal law.
Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, suggested in a statement announcing the charges late Monday that Г-жа Макивър е отказала предложение за споразумяване на наказателното дело, само че не предложи детайлности.
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