President Donald Trump said he supports charges being filed against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., who is accused of assaulting a police officer while visiting an immigration detention center in Newark.
“Oh, give me a break. Did you see her? She was out of control,” Trump said while at the Capitol. “The days of woke are over. That woman — I have no idea who she is. That woman was out of control. She was shoving federal agents — she was out of control. The days of that crap are over in this country. We’re going to have law and order.”
The Department of Justice charged McIver with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers.
McIver was one of three New Jersey House Democrats who were at the detention center amid the confrontation with police on May 9.
Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, disclosed the move in a Monday night post on X.
"I have persistently made efforts to address these issues without bringing criminal charges and have given Representative McIver every opportunity to come to a resolution, but she has unfortunately declined," Habba wrote. "No one is above the law — politicians or otherwise. It is the job of this office to uphold justice impartially, regardless of who you are. Now we will let the justice system work."
McIver, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, and Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, both D-N.J., traveled to Delaney Hall on May 9, where Baraka was arrested after federal authorities said he was trespassing.
Habba said DOJ was dismissing a misdemeanor charge of trespassing against Baraka.
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