TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday denied Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver's motions to toss out a prosecution against her stemming from a visit to an immigration detention center this year.

U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper also said he would reserve judgment on one of the New Jersey congresswoman's motions to toss the case brought by acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba , who was President Donald Trump's former personal attorney.

McIver sought to dismiss the case against her on the grounds that her visit to Newark's Delaney Hall immigration detention center in May was protected on the grounds of constitutional legislative immunity as well as selective and vindictive prosecution.

Semper wrote that the congresswoman failed to show the prosecution was vindictive and that her

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