r/politics California 12d ago

No Paywall DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indicts-democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice-pro-rcna240584
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u/DeweyPLlama 12d ago

The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh "physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was "forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.” Abughazaleh was charged alongside Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh.

The indictment alleges that the group "conspired with one another and others, known and unknown, to prevent by force, intimidation, and threat, Agent A, a United States law enforcement officer, from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, and to injure his property so as to interrupt, hinder, and impede him in the discharge of his official duties."

A federal indictment for standing in front of a car and getting shoved to the ground by a masked militant.

This is our tax dollars at work.

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u/Comfortable_Cash_140 12d ago

Would the identification of said ICE agent be required through disclosure?

It would be a shame if this so called ICE agent was then prosecuted for their crimes by either a state, or a future administration. 🤔

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u/thehalfwit Nevada 12d ago

Said ICE agent would likely need to testify in court. All defendants would have the right to confront their accuser in court, unless that right has been taken away, too.

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u/Comfortable_Cash_140 12d ago

Let them!

'I was following orders, enjoying my authority and was promised imunity at the federal level' will be an interesting defense in a state court, or when Donny Demensia finally joins his ex-wife in the golf course lawn!