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Imagine this: You’re in a heated public confrontation with a person on the street. A chaotic scene, raised voices, they shove you and you shove back. The problem is that the person you shoved is an undercover federal officer. No badge. No ID. No uniform. Next thing you know, you’re charged with a federal crime by a federal prosecutor and facing eight years in federal prison. Bond denied. Trial delayed. And the government gets to call you a violent criminal on every news channel until your day in court.

Now imagine you’re a sitting member of Congress.

On May 19, 2025, federal prosecutors charged Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, under a little-known fed

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