Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) knocked acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over her prosecution of his fellow Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), calling the charges against her “trash.”

Habba charged the first-term congresswoman with two counts of assault stemming from an incident in which she and two of her colleagues sought to inspect a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, as is permitted by their oversight authority as members of Congress.

Goldman spoke about the case during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” on Tuesday.

“We’re talking about it, calling out why this is such trash, and this is absolutely improper and unacceptable,” he said in comments

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