Sherrill throws her support toward fellow congresswoman facing charges for altercation at ICE center
Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing charges, accused of impeding and interfering with officers at Newark’s Delaney Hall.
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill is offering her support to fellow Rep. LaMonica McIver after clinching the Democratic nomination in this year’s New Jersey gubernatorial race.
McIver was charged in a three-count federal indictment and is accused of impeding and interfering with officers. Prosecutors say this happened during a congressional oversight visit to the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark.
McIver denies any wrongdoing and calls the charges baseless.
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"Every Member has a constitutional right to conduct oversight. That means the right to inspect a federal facility on behalf of their constituents,” Sherrill wrote in a statement. “I will continue to stand with Rep. McIver because this sham prosecution is an attempt to intimidate Congress and stop us from holding [President Donald] Trump accountable."
McIver says she will plead not guilty to the charges.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka – who ran against Sherrill in the Democratic primary – was arrested for trespassing at Delaney Hall while attending the event with McIver. Charges against Baraka were dropped.
