The Department of Justice dropped its felony conspiracy charge against Kat Abughazaleh and three co-defendants this week, scaling back a case that began when the group allegedly surrounded and damaged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle during a September 2025 protest in Broadview, Illinois. The four still face a misdemeanor charge of forcibly impeding a federal agent, with a trial set for May 26.
The move leaves the 27-year-old former Media Matters for America employee and failed Democratic congressional candidate facing a maximum of one year behind bars instead of the six years she would have faced on the now-dismissed felony count. The Daily Caller reported that Abughazaleh did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. The DOJ also did not respond.
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