US lawmaker McIver indicted for impeding law enforcement, US attorney says

Reuters · last updated June 11, 2025 – 7:00 AM

Democratic U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was indicted by a grand jury on three counts for “forcibly impeding and interfering” with federal law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey said on Tuesday.

McIver, a Democrat from Newark, New Jersey, was charged last month with assault and impeding law enforcement over a scuffle at the gate of a privately run immigration detention center on May 9 that was caught on video.

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