DHS takes down another anti-McIver post
Statement linking McIver to ‘Antifa-aligned domestic extremism’ removed after objections from McIver’s attorneys
By Joey Fox, October 20 2025 10:23 am
With one day to go until a judge hears oral arguments on whether to toss assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark), the Department of Homeland Security has removed another one of its public statements against McIver, this time one that linked the congresswoman to “Antifa-aligned domestic extremism.”
DHS’s statement had been posted on September 26, after it had removed a spate of five prior anti-McIver posts, seemingly at the Department of Justice’s request. The new statement, titled “DHS is Fighting Back Against Antifa Violence,” accused McIver of “physically assaulting officers” and “[breaking] into the Delaney Hall Detention Facility,” the latter of which is a frequent DHS claim that has little factual basis.
McIver’s attorneys sent a letter to District Judge Jamel Semper on October 6 bringing attention to the post, calling it “fresh evidence of the need to restrain the government’s extrajudicial statements related to this case.” DHS did not respond at the time to a question on whether the post would be taken down, and it remained up for at least several days after the letter was sent.
Sometime since then, however, DHS evidently made the decision to take the post down. That’s despite the fact that, due to the ongoing government shutdown, the DHS website explicitly states it has not been updated since September 30 “and will not be updated until after funding is enacted” ...
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