New Jersey Democratic Congresswoman LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges she assaulted an immigration officer during an official visit to a Newark ICE jail last month. The charges stem from a May 9 incident in which McIver and two other Democratic congressmembers sought to tour Delaney Hall, a private prison run by GEO Corporation under contract to ICE. A criminal complaint brought by President Trump’s former personal attorney Alina Habba — who’s now serving as an interim federal attorney in New Jersey — accuses Congresswoman McIver of slamming a federal agent with her forearm, “forcibly” grabbing him and striking another agent. McIver insists she was the one roughed up by federal officers. She spoke to supporters following her arraignment Wednesday at a federal courthouse in Newark.

Rep. LaMonica McIver: “This is all about political intimidation. The Trump administration and his, you know, him and his colleagues or cronies, whatever you want to call them, have weaponized the federal government. … The facts are on our side. No matter what headline they tweet about, no matter what they do on their Twitter, we know that the facts are on my side.”

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark was also arrested on May 9, but the charges against him have since been dropped. The three congressmembers were trying to protect Baraka.