June 11 (UPI) -- Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted on federal charges by the U.S. Justice Department for her alleged actions outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in May.
Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, wrote in an X post Tuesday that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging McIver, D-N.J., with "forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers."
McIver said on social media Tuesday that she will plead not guilty.
"The facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation," she wrote. "This indictment is no more justified than the original charges, and is an effort by Trump's administration to dodge accountability for the chaos ICE caused and scare me out of doing the work I was elected to do. But it won't work -- I will not be intimidated."
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