{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases/what-theyre-saying-responses-to-the-third-circuits-refusal-to-dismiss-us-v-mciver", "What They\u2019re Saying: Responses to the Third Circuit\u2019s Refusal to Dismiss U.S. v. McIver", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "LaMonica McIver", "M001229", "mciver.house.gov", "mciver", "https://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cA brazen and unlawful abuse of power, and a direct attack on congressional oversight\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2014 On Wednesday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Congresswoman LaMonica McIver\u2019s (NJ-10) motion to dismiss her case, U.S. v. McIver. Since the news broke, McIver has received a groundswell of support for the case which she said in a Wednesday statement is \u201cnot over.\u201d One thing is clear: The case against McIver is not only baseless, but it poses a threat to democracy. The people are talking and they\u2019re not happy about this outcome. Here\u2019s what they\u2019re saying.\n\nWhat lawmakers are saying:\n\n\u201cDonald Trump wants Congressmembers to fall in line & not conduct oversight of detention centers. And he wants to make an example out of @RepLaMonica. But we\u2019re not letting up.\u201d (Rep. Ayanna Pressley)\n\n\u201cCriminalizing oversight deters lawmakers from holding Trump accountable\u2014even if Democrats take back Congress. LaMonica is strong and won\u2019t be intimidated, but the continued attacks on her for doing her job is dangerous to our democracy.\u201d (Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman)\n\n\u201cTrump weaponizing the Department of Justice to target members of Congress simply for doing their jobs is straight out of his corruption playbook. It\u2019s a brazen and unlawful abuse of power, and a direct attack on congressional oversight.\u201d (Gov. Mikie Sherrill)\n\nWhat the press is saying:\n\n\u201cBetween going to doctor\u2019s appointments, attending congressional hearings, serving her constituents, meeting with her lawyers, raising money for her defense and continuing to keep a spotlight on the treatment of immigrants in detention, McIver isn\u2019t just fighting for her seat \u2014 she\u2019s fighting for her freedom.\u201d (Errin Haines, The 19th)\n\n\u201cMcIver faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted in the case. She argued that the charges brought against her were for political reasons, citing numerous statements by the Trump Administration, President Trump himself and former prosecutor Alina Habba, who initially brought federal charges against McIver before leaving her position and becoming an aide in the administration.\u201d (Brandon Caldwell, TheGrio)\n\nWhat advocacy groups are saying:\n\n\u201cOne of the more troubling features of the current administration is its apparent penchant for prosecuting perceived political adversaries of the President. The prosecution of Congresswoman McIver bears the hallmarks of just such a prosecution.\u201d (Washington Litigation Group)\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s decision is a grave miscarriage of justice\u2026 What is happening to Rep. McIver is no accident: it is an intimidation tactic aimed at silencing a sitting member of Congress who stood up to protect her community members from human rights violations.\u201d (Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC)\n\n\u201cWeaponizing the DOJ to target a sitting Member of Congress undermines our system of checks and balances and threatens our democracy.\u201d (Amol Sinha, ACLU NJ)\n\n\u201cThe Trump administration is using LaMonica McIver as an example. It is a message to all lawmakers\u2013 if you stand up to ICE, if you fight back, we\u2019ll come after you. Rep. McIver is showing us what fighting back looks like. Despite a split appeals court declining to drop the case, she is standing strong against these politically motivated charges\u2026 We stand with her 100%\u201d (Vote Mama)\n\nMcIver and her legal team are currently exploring all options for moving the case forward. Those options include but are not limited to asking for the case to be heard en banc by the Third Circuit or by the U.S. Supreme Court. McIver is running for re-election and is eight months pregnant. For additional information on the upcoming developments in McIver\u2019s case, please contact Hanna.Rumsey@mail.house.gov.", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mciver.house.gov/media/press-releases/what-theyre-saying-responses-to-the-third-circuits-refusal-to-dismiss-us-v-mciver"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.586094032973051, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}