Senators Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock, Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Angela Alsobrooks called out the Justice Department for trying to “intimidate” and “silence” the New Jersey congresswoman.

Democrats have denounced the charges as politically motivated and an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate members of Congress and chill oversight.

The Trump administration is investigating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and pressing charges against a New Jersey congresswoman, leveraging its control over the criminal justice system to pursue Democratic rivals.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor.

Former Obama-era White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen called the criminal charge against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) “absurd” and predicted it would “not stand” up in court. “We’ve all seen that