Overview
- U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper denied Rep. LaMonica McIver’s motions to dismiss on vindictive prosecution grounds and under the Speech or Debate Clause for two of three counts.
- The judge reserved ruling on the remaining count pending further evidence as the case proceeds in federal court.
- McIver said she will take her challenge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and called the Justice Department’s case baseless and dangerous.
- Prosecutors allege McIver struck and impeded federal officers during an attempted inspection at an ICE facility; she was indicted in June and pleaded not guilty to three counts.
- A House censure effort over the incident failed after five Republicans joined Democrats, and the acting U.S. attorney who initially brought the case resigned following judicial findings about her unlawful appointment.