Rep. LaMonica McIver appeared in federal court via Zoom on May 21 for a routine initial hearing after she was formally charged with allegedly "assaulting, resisting and impeding” Homeland Security investigators and ICE agents at Delaney Hall in Newark on May 9.

The Justice Department said it would charge a Democratic congresswoman whom authorities have accused of assaulting law enforcement officials during a confrontation outside an immigration detention ce...

In a statement, McIver called the charges political.