June 11 (UPI) -- Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted on federal charges by the U.S. Justice Department for her alleged actions outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in May.

Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, wrote in an X post Tuesday that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging McIver, D-N.J., with "forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers."

McIver said on social media Tuesday that she will plead not guilty.

"The facts of this case will prove I was simply doing my job and will expose these proceedings for what they are: a brazen attempt at political intimidation," she wrote. "This indictment is no more justified than the original charges, and is an effort by Trump's

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