🚨 Trump's Personal Lawyer Files Charges Against Member of Congress 🚨
Trump's abuse of power officially now includes trying to jail members of the opposition. Tell Congress to ACT.
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Last night, we learned that acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, formerly Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is charging Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with impeding a law enforcement officer over the confrontation created by ICE agents when the Congresswoman and several of her colleagues attempted to do their job and conduct an oversight visit at an immigration detention facility in Newark. (Habba is dropping charges against Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested for trespassing at the time.)
This act comes just months after Trump pardoned violent insurrectionists who assaulted police in the name of returning him to the White House on January 6th. It is also the latest escalation in this administration’s efforts to use state power to criminalize dissent at a very basic level and punish those they deem political enemies, especially those who push back against mass deportation and mass detention.
Let’s speak plainly. Trying to throw opposition politicians in jail on flimsy excuses is tyrannical, the stuff of tinpot dictatorships. And their excuse is deeply weak – it seems unlikely ICE would have allowed McIver to tour the facility after assaulting or impeding them. Trump is attempting to use the government as a weapon, silencing those who have spoken up against him. This is not something leaders do in free, democratic nations. It is something real Americans resist.
There will be plenty to do in the days ahead. For today, let’s start with loudly condemning this personally, and not shutting up about it – and demanding our leaders do the same. We need to tell our members of Congress to insist these charges be dropped, and call on Habba to testify under oath about how they came about, who approved them and who may have directed her to file them. We can use language here or send this message via Resistbot by texting SIGN PDFUPJ to 50409.
We can also send a note of support to Rep. McIver here. Let’s show her some solidarity.
Last updated 5/19/25.
PHONE SCRIPTS
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Hi, my name is _________, and I’m a constituent from (city, zip). (If voicemail, leave street address).
Trump’s former personal lawyer filing charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver should outrage every patriotic American. Trying to throw opposition politicians in jail on flimsy excuses is tyrannical. It’s what insecure kings and tinpot dictators do, not the leaders of free countries.
_________ must immediately and loudly condemn this authoritarian act by the Trump Administration. They must demand the charges be dropped and push for Alina Habba to answer questions under oath about who approved them and who directed her to file them. You also need to recognize Donald Trump’s continued abuse of authority is a real and growing threat to our democracy, and act accordingly.
Protect this country and do what is in your power to draw the line.
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Rep. McIver and her colleagues were trying to do their job, performing an oversight visit at an immigration detention facility
The law is very clear they were allowed to do so and did not need to provide any prior notice
The confrontation was created by out-of-control agents from an out-of-control agency
There’s no way Rep. McIver would have politely been given a tour of Delaney Hall by agents she had just assaulted
This administration is using state power to criminalize dissent and retaliate against political enemies
Examples: Investigation into AG Letitia James, inquiries into Schumer and Garcia, threats against AOC and Jasmine Crockett, executive order targeting law firm, ActBlue investigation, threats to pull Harvard tax exempt status, threats against Beyonce and Springsteen, targeting of students like Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, targeting of farmworker organizers like Lelo Juarez, Texas lawyer Clay Jackson
It is a total rejection of our most cherished values, and it is only going to get worse from here
EMAIL LANGUAGE
You can either send this message through the standard congressional email system, or forward it direct to your members of Congress by texting SIGN PDFUPJ to 50409.
Trump’s former personal lawyer filing charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver should outrage every patriotic American. Trying to throw opposition politicians in jail on flimsy excuses is tyrannical, the stuff of insecure kings and tinpot dictators and not the leaders of free countries. You need to immediately and loudly condemn this authoritarian act by the Trump Administration, demand the charges be dropped, and push for Alina Habba to answer questions under oath about who approved them and who directed her to file them. Furthermore, you need to recognize Donald Trump’s continued abuse of authority to punish those who displease him is an infection eating away at our democracy, and act accordingly.
Rep. McIver and her colleagues were attempting to do their job, performing an oversight visit at an immigration detention facility. The law is very clear that they were permitted to do so and did not need to provide any prior notice. The confrontation was needlessly created by members of an out-of-control agency, and Rep. McIver’s actions were clearly not what the Justice Department is now pretending. It is laughable to think Rep. McIver would have been politely given a tour of Delaney Hall by agents she had assaulted moments before.
This administration has made it very clear they will use state power to criminalize dissent and retaliate against those they deem political enemies, especially those who push back against mass deportation and mass detention. We have seen this used against multiple institutions and individuals, from congressional leaders and top-tier law firms to students and farmworker labor organizers. It is a total rejection of our most cherished values, and it is only going to get worse from here. Protect this country and do what is in your power to draw the line.