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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing New Jersey’s acting Attorney General Alina Habba and a Department of Homeland Security special agent on allegations of false arrest and malicious prosecution, following the dismissal of trespassing charges Habba had levied against him.

During the chaotic arrest, DHS Special Agent Ricky Patel, who was listed as the other defendant, allegedly “egged on” other agents to “take him down” according to the filing. The lawsuit also alleged that Patel had delayed the submission of a charging document, unnecessarily extending Baraka’s detainment.

“No one is above the law,” he added, a direct reference to Habba’s own post about Baraka’s arrest.

“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW,” she wrote.

Baraka’s lawyers alleged that Habba had committed defamation, claiming that Trump’s former lawyer had made “false and defamatory statements” in a personal capacity, “despite Habba’s actual knowledge and reckless disregard of facts demonstrating his innocence.”

Later, in a Fox News interview on May 9, Habba claimed that Baraka had “refused to leave” Delaney Hall, and that he “chose not to remove himself.”

“Your role is not to secure convictions at all cost, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas,” Espionosa said. “Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth, and to upholding of due process for all.”

McIver slammed the charges as “purely political.”

“They mischaracterize and distort my actions, and are meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight,” she said in a statement.

This story has been updated.