NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba, accusing her of malicious prosecution over his arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility last month.

Baraka announced the lawsuit on Tuesday morning for false arrest, defamation and malicious prosecution.

The mayor was arrested during a protest outside Delaney Hall and his trespassing charge was later dismissed.

In the suit, Baraka accused Habba and Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin of seeking to politicize his arrest by promoting a "false and defamatory narrative" about the events that led to him being taken into custody.

While Habba and McLaughlin accused Baraka of

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