The Justice Department filed charges Monday against Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver, who is accused of assaulting and interfering with law enforcement officers in April at an ICE facility in Newark. She says she was there to inspect the treatment of detainees at Delaney Hall and that it was the agents who created an unsafe confrontation.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said that the federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) are meant to be a distraction, arguing the Trump administration is attempting to

N.J., is set to appear in court after she was charged with assaulting two federal agents at an immigrant detention facility.

South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on Wednesday seeking the expulsion of New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver. Mace cites allegations that McIver assaulted federal law enforcement officers and unlawfully interfered with operations at a federal immigration detention facility in Newark.