Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested May 9 outside an immigrant detention center, though federal prosecutors later decided to drop the charges.

The Justice Department charged Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with trespassing during a visit to an ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.

The charges are related to a scuffle at a New Jersey ICE facility that resulted in the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) knocked acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over her prosecution of his fellow Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), calling the charges against her “trash.” Habba charged

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver says assault charges filed against her after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor are no more than “political intimidation,” and she anticipates her day in court,

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka's trespassing charge at Delaney Hall is dismissed, but Rep. LaMonica McIver faces charges of stirring political tensions in Newark.

A decision by interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to announce her decision to charge Rep. LaMonica Mclver (D-N.J.) with felony assault on X may have put the case on the fast-track to nowhere according to two MSNBC legal analysts.