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"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)
Attorney Christopher Parente, from left, “Broadview Six” defendant Brian Straw and his wife Shannon Craig Straw leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
“Broadview Six” defendant Catherine Sharp, left, and attorney Molly Armour leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
“Broadview Six” defendant Katherine Abughazaleh, left, stands next to attorney Molly Armour during a press conference in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
Frances Haydock and her boyfriend “Broadview Six” defendant Andre Martin leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
Sarah Rabbitt and her husband “Broadview Six” defendant Michael Rabbitt leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 1, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)
“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/baiduhai)
“Broadview Six” defendants Michael Rabbitt, from left, Kat Abughazaleh and Andre Martin laugh together as they leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a hearing on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
“Broadview Six” 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/baiduhai)
Michael Rabbitt holds hands with his wife as they leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on May 21, 2026, following a hearing in the "Broadview Six" case. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
Defendant Brian Straw holds hands with his wife as they leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
Defendant Michael Rabbitt speaks at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
"Broadview Six" defendants Kat Abughazaleh and Andre Martin embrace at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after federal prosecutors dismissed all remaining counts on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
“Broadview Six” defendants Andre Martin and Kat Abughazaleh leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a hearing on May 21, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)
Kat Abughazaleh, second from left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Andre Martin leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Brian Straw leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with his wife Shannon Straw after a pretrial conference on May 18, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
Andre Martin leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Feb. 26, 2026, after a hearing in the “Broadview Six” conspiracy case. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
Demonstrators rally before a hearing for the indicted "Broadview Six" immigration protesters on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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/baiduhai)
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"Broadview Six" defendants Katherine Abughazaleh, clockwise from upper left, Andre Martin, Michael Rabbitt, Joselyn Walsh, Brian Straw and Catherine Sharp. (baiduhai)
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