Federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver for ICE facility confrontation spark debate over her fundraising motives and political implications.
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., refused to answer Fox News’ questions over whether her motivations for storming a federal immigration detention center earlier this month was to increase her public image, after it was uncovered McIver had been fundraising off the incident that has led to federal charges for the New Jersey Democrat.
The Department of Justice publicly outlined federal charges against McIver on Tuesday, accusing her of allegedly « assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement » earlier this month at a Newark-area immigrant detention facility known as Delaney Hall. McIver was there with two other members of Congress to conduct what they claimed were their congressionally mandated oversight duties, as well as the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, who was subsequently arrested following the incident but later had his charges dropped.
