{"id":2673153,"date":"2026-09-30T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-facing-17-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-agent-says-she-made-the-decision-to-get-pregnant\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:54:09","slug":"dem-rep-facing-17-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-agent-says-she-made-the-decision-to-get-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-facing-17-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-agent-says-she-made-the-decision-to-get-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep Facing 17 Years in Prison for Assaulting ICE Agent Says She &#8216;Made the Decision to Get Pregnant&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-rep-facing-17-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-agent-says-she-made-the-decision-to-get-pregnant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2673153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content features a mix of a webpage&#8217;s interactive elements and a detailed article about Rep. LaMonica McIver. The article discusses her recent legal challenges, including charges related too allegedly assaulting ICE agents, which her lawyers claim are protected by the Speech or Debate Clause. Despite attempts to dismiss the charges, video evidence confirms her actions, and she is appealing the case. McIver announced her pregnancy while facing possible prison time, framing it as a defiant act against her circumstances, and shared her story publicly through social media and an Elle magazine article. Critics view her pregnancy announcement and actions as a publicity stunt, especially given comments suggesting her intentions to avoid accountability. The piece concludes by emphasizing her serious legal situation and the controversy surrounding her publicized pregnancy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, you can\u2019t blame her for lack of trying.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. LaMonica McIver, you may remember, is the New Jersey Democrat who is facing up to 17 years in prison thanks to an alleged assault on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside Delaney Hall in Newark last year.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, an appeals court rejected her attempt to have the charges thrown out. Her lawyers claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-appeals-court-rejects-nj-dem-rep-mcivers-request-drop-ice-assault-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her actions were protected<\/a> under the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>I was unaware that this constituted protected speech or debate, but you can\u2019t blame her for trying:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: I have obtained exclusive ICE officer body cam footage clearly showing Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver verbally and physically assaulting federal agents in New Jersey after illegally entering an ICE detention facility.<\/p>\n<p>In the video you can see indisputable evidence of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/msAQBz23oJ\">pic.twitter.com\/msAQBz23oJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1921224863747891595?\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McIver is still appealing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/2026\/08\/26\/federal-appeals-court-lamonica-mciver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey Monitor<\/a> reported, although this is all on video and two judges on the three-judge panel \u2014 one appointed by Donald Trump, the other Joe Biden \u2014 said that her actions were \u201cunambiguously non-legislative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither is getting pregnant, but that appears to be her latest grift to get out of jail.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most naked attempts to manufacture sympathy I can remember in quite some time, the 40-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcivers-got-bigger-problems-criminals-charges-resolution-expulsion-house-just-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McIver<\/a> made it very clear that she was with child on Tuesday \u2014 in spite of several announcements in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople might find it crazy that even though I\u2019m facing 17 years in prison, I made the decision to get pregnant. But, at the end of the day, this is something I couldn\u2019t let be consumed by this administration,\u201d she wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refuse to let them take my joy or my future.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People might find it crazy that even though I\u2019m facing 17 years in prison, I made the decision to get pregnant. But, at the end of the day, this is something I couldn\u2019t let be consumed by this administration.<\/p>\n<p>I refuse to let them take my joy or my future. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tkxwanucbi\">pic.twitter.com\/Tkxwanucbi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLaMonica\/status\/2104980140086243733?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got to love the black-and-white photograph. Could she not have taken a video of her sobbing quietly to go along with it? That would have been stellar.<\/p>\n<p>This, by the way, wasn\u2019t her announcement of her pregnancy. In fact, she did this in May, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/mciver.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/announcing-pregnancy-mciver-speaks-to-hope-and-continued-fight-to-protect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> from her congressional office:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI am so excited to be welcoming a new baby to our family this fall. This moment is filled with so much joy for my family and me. Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I am grateful that my family is growing,\u201d said McIver. She continued, addressing the Trump DOJ\u2019s ongoing case against her, \u201cI have been clear that this case will not keep me from doing my job, and it will not keep me from living my life. I will keep fighting against this administration\u2019s cruel agenda and for a better world \u2014 that\u2019s what moms do for our babies, and it is what I have always done for my community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t by chance, either. In a piece she wrote for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/a73535518\/congresswoman-lamonica-mciver-pregnant-prison-essay-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elle Magazine<\/a>, she said that she needed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/multiple-sources-confirm-gop-senator-attempted-ivf-expansion-ndaa-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in-vitro fertilization<\/a> to conceive due to a prior surgery for fibroids.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, that didn\u2019t drum up the kind of public sympathy she was hoping for, so she turned to posting sad-looking photos of herself to keep her story going viral. How did that go?<\/p>\n<p>Uh, not so well:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The United States incarcerates 60,000 pregnant women every year and that doesn\u2019t count the numbers in ICE detention, tribal jails, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-official-biden-administration-is-not-ending-family-detention-despite-white-house-claims\/\" title=\"ICE Official: Biden Administration Is \u2018Not Ending Family Detention... Despite White House Claims\">youth detention facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we know politicians arent immune, I pray this leads to a united front in the long term against this system <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbVY6UWsJ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/kbVY6UWsJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 g. (@GeauxGabrielle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GeauxGabrielle\/status\/2105073476201767311?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You made the decision to get knocked up thinking it would insulate you from the consequences of assaulting a federal officer.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Around 600 women give birth in prison every year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/br7ZwsKkvx\">https:\/\/t.co\/br7ZwsKkvx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Badhombre\/status\/2105023705370054776?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When getting pregnant is a social media stunt to avoid prison time\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wkAixfYLuw\">https:\/\/t.co\/wkAixfYLuw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NancyMace\/status\/2105057875559366847?\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-hours-lindsay-grahams-death-nancy-mace-eyeing-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Mace<\/a> is dunking on you, it\u2019s time to give it up.<\/p>\n<p>McIver is facing serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-appeals-court-rejects-nj-dem-rep-mcivers-request-drop-ice-assault-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consequences<\/a> for a serious action. She is now choosing to bring life into this world which may also bear the brunt of those consequences.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t help her cause that the act was both unnecessary and caught on video, although this being a blue state, perhaps she gets off easy. 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