Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, was indicted on federal charges Tuesday after a scuffle with immigration officers outside of a detention center in Newark last month.
A federal grand jury in New Jersey returned a three-count indictment, which was obtained by NOTUS, charging McIver with two counts of “assaulting, resisting, impeding, and interfering with a federal officer” and one count of “assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officers.”
If convicted, the congresswoman faces a maximum penalty of eight years for count one, an additional maximum penalty of eight years for count two, and up to one year for count three, according to a press release from the Justice Department.