The representative Lamonica Mciver accused by the Grand Jury about the incident at the Ice detention center

A great federal jury rendered an indictment that charged the representative of New Jersey, Lamonica McIiver, for having allegedly attacked law enforcement agents outside an immigration detention center last month, officials announced on Tuesday.

The indictment to three counts accuses the Democrat deputy for “hindering and interfering with federal law enforcement agents” in the establishment, said American lawyer for New Jersey, Alina Habba, in a post on X.

“As I said in the past, it is my constitutional obligation as a federal officer responsible for the application of laws for New Jersey to ensure that our federal partners are protected during the execution of their functions,” said Habba. “While people are free to express their opinions for or against specific policies, they should not do so in a way that endangers the application of the law and the communities that the officers serve.”

The indictment is a standard procedure step after the Habba office charged McIiver via a criminal complaint last month.

Mciver promised that she would fight the accusations and plans to plead not guilty.

“The facts of this case will prove that I was simply doing my work and that I will exhibit these procedures for what they are: an cheeky attempt at political intimidation,” she said in a statement on X. “This indictment is not more justified than original charges, and is an effort of Trump’s administration to dodge the responsibility of the ice of chaos-I do not procure myself.

On May 9, McIiver and a few other members of the Congress were in Delaney Hall, an American immigration and customs detention center in Newark, New Jersey, to surveillance.

Tensions have intensified when a federal officer ordered the mayor of Newark Ras Baraka to leave a secure area of ​​the establishment or to face an arrest, and to push and push, according to the prosecutors.

“During his attempts, continue to thwart the arrest, McIver criticized his forearm in the body of an agent of the police and also stretched his hand and tried to hold this officer by attracting him by force,” the Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday in a press release. “Mciver also used each of his forearms to force a second officer.”

Following the accusations by criminal complaint, McIver allegedly allegedly alleged that the decision was politically motivated.

“The accusations against me are purely political – they Malfrères and distort my actions, and are supposed to criminalize and dissuade legislative surveillance,” said McIiver.

The Top House Democrats also published a joint statement last month by defending McIiver, promising to respond “vigorously” to what they say to be an illegitimate abuse of power.

“An attack on one of us is an attack on the American people. The Democrats of the House will respond vigorously in the days to come at a time, the place and the manner of our choice,” the leaders said.

If it is convicted, the maximum sentence for the charges of the indictment varies from one to eight years, said Habba.

Baraka was arrested in the establishment and accused of intrusion, although Habba then abandoned the accusation.