Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was in court on Thursday afternoon for the first time since he was arrested for trespassing at an ICE detention center last week.

Habba didn't speak during the hearing but sat behind assistant prosecutor Stephen Demanovich, who said the government disputed Baraka's claims that ... said the defense expected to seek to dismiss ...

Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and former Donald Trump defense lawyer Alina Habba later said Baraka “committed ... into the prison, a claim Homeland Security officials ...

Habba didn’t speak during the hearing but sat behind assistant prosecutor Stephen Demanovich, who said the government disputed Baraka’s claims that ... said the defense expected to seek ...