Newark Mayor Baraka has filed a lawsuit against Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Ricky J. Patel. The lawsuit stems from the Mayor's arrest and prosecution during an oversight visit to an ICE detention facility. Mayor Baraka claims that Habba and Patel acted with politically motivated malice, unlawfully arresting and prosecuting him, and subsequently defaming him publicly. He specifically alleges false light invasion of privacy, claiming that Habba's public statements, including social media posts and interviews, deliberately misrepresented him as having committed a crime for political gain. Mayor Baraka claims that DHS agents violently arrested him for trespassing without probable cause.
