The Trump administration continues to weaponize the Department of Justice against its perceived enemies, this time targeting Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and several other protesters in Illinois. A federal grand jury indicted Abughazaleh on October 23, accusing her of “physically hindering” an ICE agent during a peaceful demonstration outside a federal immigration facility in Broadview. The DOJ claims the agent was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators,” while Abughazaleh and others now face charges of conspiracy and “forcibly impeding, intimidating, and interfering” with an officer.
But a video circulating online tells a very different story, it shows ICE agents violently arresting Abughazaleh, throwing her to the ground as protesters screamed for them to stop. It’s clear who was being intimidated that day, and it wasn’t the federal agents. This is yet another example of Trump’s DOJ targeting political opponents and activists while protecting his allies. What’s happening isn’t law enforcement, it’s political retaliation designed to silence dissent and criminalize those who stand up to his administration’s cruelty. The charges against Abughazaleh are not just about one protest; they’re part of a broader pattern of authoritarian abuse, showing just how far Trump will go to turn the justice system into a weapon against his critics.
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