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   A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted six individuals for allegedly   
   forcibly impeding and interfering with a federal agent who was engaged in   
   immigration enforcement operations in a Chicago suburb last month.  The   
   indictment includes a conspiracy charge against all of the defendants   
   arising out of the incident.   
      
   According to an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the   
   defendants were among a crowd of people who surrounded a government   
   vehicle with the intent to hinder and impede the driver—a federal   
   agent—from proceeding to a United States Immigration and Customs   
   Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Sept. 26, 2025.   
      
   “No one is above the law and no one has the right to obstruct it,” said   
   Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.  “Federal agents perform dangerous,   
   essential work every single day to enforce our immigration laws and keep   
   our communities safe.  When individuals resort to force or intimidation to   
   interfere with that mission, they attack not only the agents themselves   
   but the rule of law they represent. The Department of Justice will never   
   tolerate such conduct and will continue to hold accountable anyone who   
   seeks to impede lawful federal operations.”   
      
   Video shows the defendants and others allegedly crowded together in the   
   front and side of the government vehicle, standing in its path, banging on   
   the car and windows, and pushing against it to hinder and impede its   
   movement.  The conspirators broke one of the vehicle’s side mirrors and   
   the rear windshield wiper and etched a derogatory message into the body of   
   the vehicle, the indictment states.   
      
   “All federal officials must be able to discharge the duties of their   
   office without confronting force, intimidation, or threats,” said Andrew   
   S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.   
   “As we have warned repeatedly, we will seek to hold accountable those who   
   cross the line from peaceful protests to unlawful actions or conspiracies   
   that interrupt, hinder, or impede the due administration of Justice.  The   
   rule of law must always be upheld.”   
      
   Charged with conspiracy to impede a U.S. law enforcement officer and   
   individual counts of impeding a U.S. law enforcement officer are Michael   
   Rabbitt, 62, of Chicago; Katherine Marie Abughazaleh, 26, of Chicago;   
   Andre Martin, 27, of Providence, R.I.; Catherine Sharp, 29, of Chicago;   
   Brian Straw, 38, of Oak Park, Ill.; and Joselyn Walsh, 31, of Chicago.   
      
   Arraignments are scheduled for Nov. 5, 2025, at 3:00 p.m., before U.S.   
   Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain.   
      
   Deputy Attorney General Blanche and U.S. Attorney Boutros announced the   
   charges along with Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the   
   Chicago Field Office of the FBI.   
      
   “The FBI has zero tolerance for forcible criminal conduct against law   
   enforcement officers engaged in their lawful functions,” said FBI SAC   
   DePodesta.  “Impeding federal officers performing their duties or   
   conspiring to do so are criminal offenses.  The people of Chicagoland   
   deserve safe communities and peaceful streets and the FBI and our partners   
   will continue to investigate and hold accountable those who undermine the   
   rule of law through criminal activity.”   
      
   If you recognize other individuals in the video who may be impeding law   
   enforcement, you are encouraged to contact the FBI Chicago Field Office by   
   logging on to https://tips.fbi.gov/home.   
      
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