Congressional candidate and social media influencer Kat Abughazaleh is charged in a newly unsealed federal indictment with conspiring to impede a U.S. law enforcement officer last month outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.

Others facing the same charge in the 11-page indictment made public Wednesday are Catherine Sharp, who is running for a seat on the Cook County Board, and Michael Rabbitt, a 45th Ward Democratic committeeperson.

Also charged are Andre Martin, Brian Straw and Joselyn Walsh.

Arraignments have yet to be scheduled for any of the defendants. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge April Perry.

The indictment alleges that the six were among a group of people who surrounded a government vehicle near the Broadview facility on

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