Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is denying that he trespassed at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest.

A federal judge dismissed a case against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he was arrested outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in New Jersey earlier this month — and attacked the Justice Department for pursuing it.

Baraka's stunned reaction to a federal judge excoriating the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its handling of charges against him was caught on a hot mic Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.

Ludwin Quintero-Rojas was arrested in Newark by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. He had been arrested in NJ four times for shoplifting.

A federal judge in New Jersey on Wednesday ordered Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver released on her own recognizance during the congresswoman's first court appearance on assault charges stemming from immigration officials' attempt to arrest Newark's mayor at a detention facility.