The Trump administration is facing high stakes as it brings charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) — a test of the administration as it eyes additional prosecutions against other lawmakers.

Federal prosecutors have charged Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver on Monday with assaulting law enforcement ...

McIver denounced the charge as “purely political” and said prosecutors are distorting her actions in an effort to deter legislative oversight Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba wrote on social ...

The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey announced charges against Rep ... Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, formerly a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said in a statement that "I have persistently ...

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey’s top ...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested May 9 outside an immigrant detention center, though federal prosecutors later decided to ...

Alina Habba and her office were told to "operate at a higher standard" regarding their arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka ...

Earlier this week, under interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, the Justice Department dropped the charges against Baraka but said McIver would still face prosecution. Habba, who once served as a ...

Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.

McIver denounced the charge as “purely political” and said prosecutors are distorting her actions in an effort to deter legislative oversight Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba wrote on social media ...

The U.S. Attorney's Office should be shamed over its now-dismissed case against the Newark mayor, but it simply turned its ...