McIver seeks feds' communications discussing her political affiliation [View all]

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Congresswoman charged over migrant jail melee has alleged selective prosecution
By: Nikita Biryukov
September 12, 2025
7:12 am

... McIver (D-10) was indicted in June on three counts of interfering with federal law enforcement authorities during a scuffle outside a migrant detention center in Newark. McIver, who alleges that she is the victim of selective and vindictive prosecution by the Trump administration, is seeking communications from a host of federal officials, including U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“As we hope is apparent, we have narrowly tailored our proposed scope of discovery to focus on evidence showing that the enforcement and charging decisions in this case were motivated by constitutionally impermissible factors,” Paul Fishman, McIver’s attorney, wrote in a Sept. 3 letter to prosecutors that was made public this week.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark McCarren and Benjamin Bleiberg told Fishman in a Sept. 9 letter that they will not provide the requested documents. They want the judge overseeing the case to rule on the matter.

“Discovery in support of selective prosecution and selective enforcement claims is not provided as a matter of right, and we do not believe your client has satisfied the applicable threshold evidentiary showings required … to compel discovery,” McCarren and Bleiberg said in their letter ...

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/12/house-dem-facing-charges-seeks-feds-communications-discussing-her-political-affiliation/