** 'Should Send a Chill Down the Spine of Every American': Trump DOJ Charges New Jersey Democrat
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May 20, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Department announced Monday that it is pursuing assault charges against a Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey who took part in an oversight visit at a privately run migrant detention center in Newark earlier this month.

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) called the charges against his colleague, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), a "purely political act" and said that "oversight is not a criminal offense unless you are living under a fascist regime."

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