Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, alleging false arrest and political retaliation over his brief detention on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration facility, a charge that was later dropped.
Baraka’s civil complaint, filed on June 3 at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, accuses interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba of false arrest and malicious prosecution, as well as defamation for comments she made about his case.
