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UNCOVERED: Us lawmaker denies charges stemming from immigration centre visit - The Untold Story

US Representative LaMonica McIver exits the grounds at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility, on May 9 [File: Angelina Katsanis/AP Photo]

United States Representative LaMonica McIver has pleaded not guilty in a criminal case stemming from a visit to an immigration facility, saying the charges are an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to “intimidate” her.

McIver entered her plea at a hearing on Wednesday. She faces charges of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officials during a May 9 congressional oversight visit to an immigrant detention centre in New Jersey.

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