A progressive congressional candidate in Illinois has been indicted on federal charges stemming from protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in a nearby suburb of Chicago.

Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a social media influencer and former journalist running for Congress in Illinois’s 9th District, was hit with two counts: conspiracy to impede or injure an ICE officer and assaulting or impeding them while they engaged in their official duties.

She's charged alongside five others, including Michael Rabbitt, a Democratic committeeperson in Chicago's 45th Ward, and Catherine Sharp, who is running to sit on the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Their arraignment has been scheduled for Nov. 5.

Court records show the indictment was handed up by a grand jury last week but unsealed by a federal judge on Wednesday.

The........

© The Hill