Illinois Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh, Twice Roughed Up During ICE Protests, Indicted by DOJ

Tom Durante Oct 30th, 2025, 1:53 pm

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A congressional candidate and former journalist who made headlines of her own after tussling with authorities at ICE protests has been indicted by the Justice Department.

Kat Abughazaleh , who has been filmed being slammed to the ground by an ICE agent and claims she was struck in the face with a baton by a cop during protests in Broadview, was slapped with the indictment , filed in Illinois District Court last week.

The indictment charges that Abughazaleh, who is running for Congress in the Land of Lincoln’s 9th district, and six others “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow r

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