Alina Habba fires back after liberal mayor caught on hot mic insulting her pro-Trump team

Alina Habba isn’t worried about Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s derogatory comments toward her legal team after she dropped charges against him. 

Instead, the former counselor to the president and acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey is turning her focus to a member of Congress who allegedly assaulted a member of law enforcement.

The trespassing charges against Baraka were dropped this week due to ‘prosecutorial discretion.’

Democrats lauded it as a massive win after the Department of Homeland Security warned elected officials against impeding the official duties of law enforcement officials – including ICE and CBP agents.

After a hearing on Wednesday, Baraka was caught on hot mic saying of the judge: ‘Jesus, he tore these people a new a–hole. Good grief.’

U.S Magistrate Judge André Espinosa lambasted Trump’s prosecutors for the misdemeanor charges against Baraka and said at the virtual hearing.

‘An arrest of a public figure is not a preliminary investigative tool. It is a severe action,’ he said.

Habba told the Daily Mail that the case was dismissed due to prosecutorial discretion.

And someone familiar with the decision to drop the charges said that Habba’s team worked with the mayor to reach a deal to not pursue the case further.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba told the Daily Mail of dropping charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka: ‘Prosecutorial discretion is the exact reason this case was dismissed’

Baraka was caught on hot mic after a virtual hearing on Wednesday saying of the judge’s warning to Habba’s team: ‘Jesus, he tore these people a new a–hole. Good grief’

Democrats argue that Mayor Baraka and other elected officials who were participating in a protest at the The Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark earlier this month are protected by their duties to conduct congressional oversight. 

While Habba and other Republicans note that oversight is warranted, they are not giving into rhetoric that impeding law enforcement operations is part of their jobs as members of Congress.

She also say that Mayor Baraka is not protected by the same initiative.

‘Congressional oversight does not extend to the Mayor,’ Habba told the Daily Mail when asked about the hot mic moment and the charges being dropped.

‘He was given numerous warnings to leave and numerous warnings of potential arrest,’ she added. ‘The mayor disregarded these warnings and his arrest was impeded.’

Instead of going after the mayor, the New Jersey prosecutor’s office wants to focus on the case against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), who allegedly assaulted a member of law enforcement and impeded their abilities to carry out their directives.

A personal familiar with the charges said that Habba’s office reached an agreement with Baraka to drop the charges as prosecution turns the focus to Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.)

McIver is charged with assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement during a protest at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey earlier this month

Habba announced her office dropping the misdemeanor charges against Baraka and is instead pursuing charges against McIver, noting that not even an elected member of Congress is above the law

Habba’s office announced on X that it was dropping the charges against Baraka.

Then on Monday, the acting New Jersey Attorney announced the charges against Rep. McIver for allegedly assaulting a member of law enforcement as well as impeding and interfering with their operations.

‘Congressional oversight does not include assaulting a member of law enforcement who is keeping illegal aliens off our streets,’ a person familiar with the decision behind the charges told The Daily Mail.

‘Defund the police is over,’ they added. ‘Anyone who threatens those who protect the country will be taken seriously.’