Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa granted what he called the “embarrassing retraction” of the trespassing charge following a May 9 incident.

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

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

Habba, who had no prosecutorial experience but represented President Donald Trump in three civil trials in recent years, found an opening this month to make her mark, when three Democratic House members and a progressive mayor running for governor showed up to inspect a migrant detention center in Newark.

The top prosecutor in New Jersey says her office has filed criminal charges against Democratic Representative LaMonica McIver.

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.

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

Ras Baraka says he was ‘targeted’ by the Trump administration with politically motivated selective prosecution

After the Trump administration charged a sitting judge and a sitting mayor in separate cases, a Democratic member of Congress has joined the list.