McIver rejected plea deal, saying DOJ pushed her to ‘admit to doing something that I did not do’

The Hill ^ | 5/20/25 | Rebecca Beitsch

[DallasBiff]

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) on Tuesday said she rebuffed efforts from the Trump administration to strike a plea deal ahead of pending assault charges stemming from her visit to an immigration detention center, saying they wanted her to “admit to doing something that I did not do.”

Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced Monday she planned to charge McIver with assaulting a law enforcement officer – thought she has yet to actually do so.

McIver has said she did nothing wrong during a visit to a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility where chaos ensued as officers arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D).

“Well, the Justice Department and Alina Habba wanted me to admit to doing something that I did not do, and I was not going to do that once again. I came there to do my job and conduct an oversight visit, and they wanted me to say something differently, and I’m not doing that. I’m not going to roll over and stop doing my job because they don’t want me to, or they want to neglect the fact that we needed to be in there to see what was going on and that detention center, and so, absolutely, no, I was not going to do that,” McIver said during a Tuesday appearance on CNN.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mciver

[DallasBiff]

Well she is defending people who broke immigration laws and committed other felonies in the US.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[1Old Pro]

McIver has said she did nothing wrongUh, there is video and eye witnesses.

[struggle]

86300lbs

[bk1000]

We all saw the video.

[PeterPrinciple]

she hasn’t be charged yet so there is no plea dealing so this is all lies so this is fake news.

[Magnum44]

[PGalt]

LOL! She’s another elfin SCUMBAG LIAR in government. Enemies domestic ALERT!

[LachlanMinnesota]

Dindu Nuffin...1st defense

[DIRTYSECRET]

She’s lucky. The best thing she’s got going for her is that she’s not in Chile during Pinochet’s time.

[chajin]

saying they wanted her to “admit to doing something that I did not do.”

I guess you wonder where I've been
I searched to find the ICE within
I came back to let you know
Got a thing for Tren and I can't let go
My friends wonder what is wrong with me
Well, I'm in a daze from aliens, you see
In my world, Trump and you
Make me do something that I did not do

[hflynn]

They better take that red blazer off Rep. LaMonica McIver before she uses it to manufacture an explosive device and escapes.

Er, excuse me, what? Oh, MacGyver is a different person, race and gender. LOL I guess we are safe.

[Teacher317]

If you were doing an actual oversight visit, then why didn't you make a phone call and notify them that you were coming, as is the standard procedure?

Liar.

[PGalt]

YES; great song.

[gundog]

You’d believe video over the word of a Black woman?

I thought that we’d moved past that kind of thinking.

[falcon99]

This woman is suffering from the mental illness of democrat black privilege — “I can do anything I want cause I’m black”

[vivenne]

It’s on camera and she still can’t stop lying.

[dznutz]

With the way she can move the pile, if this political gig doesn’t work out for her she can always try out for an offensive line position in the National Felon League.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I heard everything was one tape

[Biblebelter]

She made the right move.

Reasonable doubt and a mistrial in Joisy=ONE black juror.