Congresswoman Pou Condemns Political Prosecution of Congresswoman LaMonica McIver

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) tonight decried the indictment of Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10) by the Trump Justice Department.

“I am disgusted and outraged that the Justice Department, through Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and hand-picked U.S. Attorney, is attempting to prosecute a sitting member of Congress on blatantly trumped-up, phony charges,” said Congresswoman Pou. “Congresswoman McIver did nothing wrong except exercise her duty as a sitting member of Congress to call out excesses by the government. For a Justice Department so concerned about purported trespassing, I would remind everyone of the over 1,500 January 6 rioters who were given unconditional pardons after storming the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election.

“This prosecution is nothing but cold vengeance and an abuse of power by a heavily politicized Justice Department and an unqualified temporary prosecutor whose only qualification to be United States Attorney is praising her boss in front of TV cameras. As a democracy, all Americans must be allowed to protest government corruption without fear of persecution or prosecution. These charges should be thrown out of court.”

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