Defendant Kat Abughazaleh smiles as she leaves the courtroom at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
“Broadview Six” defendants Kat Abughazaleh, from left, Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin and Brian Straw embrace outside the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts, May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
"Broadview Six" defendants Kat Abughazaleh and Andre Martin embrace at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
Michael Rabbitt holds hands with his wife as they leave Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a hearing in the "Broadview Six" case, May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
Defendant Brian Straw holds hands with his wife as they leave Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
Defendant Michael Rabbitt speaks at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
“Broadview Six” defendants Michael Rabbitt, from left, Kat Abughazaleh and Andre Martin laugh together as they leave Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a hearing, May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
“Broadview Six” defendants Andre Martin and Kat Abughazaleh leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a hearing, May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
“Broadview Six” defendants Kat Abughazaleh, from left, Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin and Brian Straw embrace outside the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
Kat Abughazaleh, second from left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Andre Martin leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Brian Straw leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with his wife Shannon Straw after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, second from left, with her boyfriend, Ben Collins, left, leaves with her attorneys at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing for charges of conspiracy during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Michael Rabbitt, center left, and Brian Straw, center right, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Joselyn Walsh, third from left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, with then-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, fourth from right, and Andre Martin, right, following behind after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Catherine “Cat” Sharp, left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, center left, Joselyn Walsh, center right, and Andre Martin, center, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the "Broadview Six" conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Andre Martin leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Michael Rabbitt, left, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, for a hearing in the "Broadview Six" conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, right, listens to her attorney, Josh Herman, speak to media in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing on charges of conspiracy following a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, center, and her deputy campaign manager, Andre Martin, left, leave with their attorneys from the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Jan. 28, 2026, after a hearing on conspiracy charges following a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility in September. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Joselyn Walsh speaks with a reporter at her apartment on Dec. 10, 2025, in Chicago. Walsh is a musician and activist who plays with an open group of musicians called “Songs of Liberation.” They play at a wide array of venues, including outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview. Walsh is one of the "Broadview Six," who face federal charges for allegedly impeding a federal agent during a September 2025 protest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Dave Martin, from left, Joselyn Walsh and Joseph Ozment sing pro-Palestinian songs with other activists near the State/Lake CTA Station on Dec. 14, 2025, in Chicago. Walsh and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges stemming from an immigration protest outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Catherine “Cat” Sharp, center, rallies with supporters before a hearing for her and other indicted Broadview immigration protesters on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh, right, hugs her deputy campaign manager, Andre Martin, after their hearing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for the "Broadview Six," which includes Martin and Abughazaleh, on Nov. 12, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Then-congressional candidate Katherine “Kat” Abughazaleh, right, listens as her lawyer talks to the media after a hearing for the indicted "Broadview Six" immigration protesters on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Demonstrators rally before a hearing for the indicted "Broadview Six" immigration protesters on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Catherine “Cat” Sharp rallies with supporters before a hearing for her and other indicted Broadview immigration protesters on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Kat Abughazaleh, far left, and other protesters surround a federal SUV and try to prevent it from driving to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 26, 2025. According to the indictment, the group surrounded an ICE vehicle outside the Broadview facility during a Sept. 26 protest and “banged aggressively” on the vehicle’s side and back windows, hood and doors before they “crowded together in the front and side of the Government Vehicle and pushed against the vehicle to hinder and impede its movement.” (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
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Defendant Kat Abughazaleh smiles as she leaves the courtroom at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)
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