In the Chicago Tribune’s email feed comes a headline and photo which will raise the name identification of one of the almost twenty Democratic Party candidates hoping to replace Jan Schakowsky in Congress.
The district covers all of Algonquin Township.
Katherine ‘Kat’ Abughazaleh is in the center of the photograph.
The Tribune article is mainly about her run ins with ICE.
Certainly a big boost to her campaign to be seen as the most radical candidate in the 9th District race.
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The Northwest Herald has jumped on the story, giving the first spotlight on a candidate seeking to replace Jan Schakowsky for those living in Algonquin Township.
The NBC story is here.
The Daily Herald story is here.
Part of the indictment follows:
On or about September 26, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Agent A was wearing civilian clothes driving a government-owned vehicle (the “Government Vehicle”) to the BSSA [Broadview Service Staging Area] to report for his official duties.
Agent A’s official duties at the BSSA included supervising logistics such as intake, processing, bedspace and transportation coordination for those temporarily detained in Broadview, communicating with upper management and federal partners to manage operations and ensure necessary supplies and proper staffing levels, and responding to requests for information, both internally and from the public. […]
On or about September 26, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division
- MICHAEL RABBITT
- KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH
- ANDRE MARTIN
- BRIAN SHAW
- JOSELYN WALSH
defendants herein, 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.
It was part of the conspiracy that, as Agent A drove the Government Vehicle and reached the vicinity of the BSSA on or about September 26, 2025, and turned west onto Harvard Street in Broadview, a group of individuals, including RABBITT, ABUGHAZALEH, MARTIN, SHARP, STRAW and WALSH, surrounded the Government Vehicle, with the intent to hinder and impede Agent A from proceeding to the BSSA and discharging the duties of his office.
It was further part of the conspiracy that, while surrounding the Government Vehicle, RABBITT, ABUGHAZALEH, MARTIN, SHARP, STRAW, WALSH, and others, among other things, banged aggressively on the Government Vehicle’s side and back windows, hood, and other vehicle body parts; crowded together in the front and side of the Government Vehicle and pushed against the vehicle to hinder and impede its movement; scratched the body of the Government Vehicle, including etching a message into the body of the vehicle, specifically the word “PIG;” broke one of the Government Vehicle’s side mirrors; and broke a rear windshield wiper off the Government Vehicle.
