Donald Trump’s federal security forces confront a protest outside of an ICE facility, where Kat Abughazaleh is alleged to have “impeded” ICE agents, on Sept. 26, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

In yet another overreaching and nakedly political prosecution, the Justice Department on Wednesday indicted Democratic Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh on federal charges for taking part in a nonviolent protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago.

The government claims that Abughazaleh, alongside five other protesters, “impeded and interfered with an officer of the United States.” All six protesters are also charged together as alleged members of a “conspiracy” to prevent the officer from discharging his duties.

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