Overview

• In a Fox News interview, Tom Homan mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s warning of “consequences,” declaring “we did it” after McIver’s indictment.
• Federal prosecutors charged Rep. LaMonica McIver with two counts of assaulting, resisting and impeding officers during a May 9 demonstration, each count carrying up to eight years in prison.
• DHS officials contend McIver and fellow lawmakers forced their way through a gate and disrupted a detainee transport bus at the Delaney Hall facility, placing officers in harm’s way.
• McIver has denounced the charges as “purely political” distortions of her oversight duties, a stance backed by House Democratic leadership in a joint statement.
• Ocasio-Cortez defended her colleagues, accusing DHS agents and Homan of illegal conduct and pledging to uphold Congress’s constitutional right to inspect federal detention centers.