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An Illinois Democratic congressional candidate posted video to social media that appears to depict events described in a federal indictment accusing her of impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

The 26-year-old Kat Abughazaleh, a self-styled "Gen Z influencer," has called the charges a "political prosecution" and said she was exercising her First Amendment rights , not breaking the law.

"I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice," she wrote on X. "This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win."

DHS RIPS ‘DISHONEST, DESPERATE’ GEN Z CANDIDATE WHO RAGED AGAINST KRISTI NOEM’S 'CRIMES’ AT ANTI-ICE P

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