Rep. McIver, Mayor Baraka due in court in Newark ICE facility scuffle
Democratic Rep. Monica McIver (New Jersey) is expected to make her first court appearance Wednesday on charges she assaulted two federal agents during a confrontation last week outside an immigration detention center in Newark.
The 11 a.m. proceeding at a federal courthouse in Newark will play out against a charged political backdrop sparked by the case and the highly unusual decision to prosecute a sitting member of Congress for a heated clash in which no one was injured.
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