Overview
- The Justice Department filed a two-count indictment on Oct. 23 in the Northern District of Illinois over conduct at a Broadview ICE protest.
- Prosecutors charge conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer and forcibly impeding, intimidating, or interfering with an officer performing official duties.
- The indictment alleges demonstrators surrounded a federal officer’s vehicle, banged on its hood and windows, etched “PIG” on the side, and blocked its movement.
- Abughazaleh told NBC News she will self-surrender next Wednesday and has declined to discuss case specifics while saying she will plead not guilty.
- During Tara Palmeri’s live podcast on Oct. 30, Abughazaleh ended the appearance in under four minutes after questions about the charges, and Palmeri later posted the full exchange and criticized the cutoff.