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Six people went to a protest. The federal government indicted them. Seven months later it moved to dismiss with prejudice. The court identified grand-jury misconduct in the transcripts. The legal bills remain. Help the Broadview Six pay them off: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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Six people went to an ICE protest in Broadview, IL. The DOJ indicted them on felony charges. Seven months later, prosecutors moved to dismiss their own case: the court identified grand-jury misconduct on in-camera review.
The defense bills remain. Help: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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The Broadview Six: Michael Rabbitt, Kat Abughazaleh, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh. Indicted October 29, 2025 over an anti-ICE protest. Dismissed with prejudice May 21, 2026 — the U.S. Attorney moved to dismiss, after the court identified grand-jury misconduct on in-camera review of the transcripts.
Trial was scheduled May 26. The case ended five days earlier. The legal bills did not.
Three legal-defense funds, all real, all linked here: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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An update on the Broadview Six case, and what it means for the people facing the bills.
In October 2025, six people — including an Oak Park village trustee, a 2026 congressional candidate, and a federal campaign field director — were federally indicted on conspiracy charges arising from an anti-ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois. The case carried a six-year statutory maximum.
On May 21, 2026, the U.S. Attorney moved to dismiss every remaining charge with prejudice. Hon. April M. Perry granted the motion at a sealed hearing after identifying grand-jury misconduct on in-camera review of the transcripts. On the record, an AUSA conceded the prosecutor's vouching to the grand jurors was “at a minimum, arguably misconduct.” The trial was cancelled five days before it was set to begin.
The legal bills, accumulated over seven months of federal-felony defense, were not dismissed.
The Broadview Six maintain three legal-defense funds — Kat + Andre, Michael Rabbitt, Brian Straw. On dismissal day, the defendants gathered around all three and asked supporters to give to any or all. The fundraisers are real; the bills are now.
Links, sourcing, and the full legal-research treatment of the case here: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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Six people went to a protest. The federal government charged them with conspiracy. Seven months later, prosecutors moved to dismiss their own case — the court had identified grand-jury misconduct on in-camera review, the U.S. Attorney's office acknowledged the case was “tainted” (per CBS Chicago, NBC5, and the Sun-Times), and the trial scheduled for May 26 was cancelled five days early.
The Broadview Six — Michael Rabbitt, Kat Abughazaleh, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh — paid lawyers for seven months to fight a case the government itself ultimately dismissed. Three legal-defense funds (Kat + Andre, Rabbitt, Straw) are still raising money to cover what's owed.
The full story, fully sourced: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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Subject · The Broadview Six — federal case dismissed, legal bills remain
I wanted to put this in front of you because the news cycle is moving past it and I think the story deserves a closer look.
In October 2025, six people were federally indicted on conspiracy charges over an anti-ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois. The defendants — Michael Rabbitt (lead-named), Kat Abughazaleh, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh — included an Oak Park village trustee, a 2026 congressional candidate, and a federal campaign field director. The felony conspiracy charge carried a six-year statutory maximum.
On May 21, 2026, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros moved to dismiss every remaining charge with prejudice. Hon. April M. Perry granted the motion at a sealed hearing after identifying grand-jury misconduct on in-camera review of the transcripts — prosecutorial vouching, exclusion of dissenting grand jurors, improper substantive contact with grand jurors, and the concealment of all three, redacted out of the transcripts the court received. Per CBS Chicago, NBC5, and the Sun-Times, the U.S. Attorney's office acknowledged the case was “tainted by misconduct.” The trial scheduled for May 26 was cancelled. The case can never be refiled.
The legal bills accumulated over seven months of federal-felony defense were not dismissed.
The defendants maintain three legal-defense funds (Kat + Andre · Michael Rabbitt · Brian Straw). On dismissal day, the defendants shared all three with the public and asked supporters to give to any or all. They are linked, with current totals and notes on what they cover, at the page below.
The site I'm pointing you to also lays out the longer legal-research argument that the Broadview Six should be eligible to file with the Department of Justice's own $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund — a question the DOJ's own announcement says has “no partisan requirements.” That's the harder, slower argument. The legal-defense funds are the immediate ask.
Fully sourced; not legal advice; not authorized by any defendant or their counsel:
https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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Read this when you have a minute — the Broadview Six federal case. Indicted on felony conspiracy over an anti-ICE protest, then dropped seven months later: the U.S. Attorney moved to dismiss after the court identified grand-jury misconduct. The legal bills are still there; three defense funds linked at: https://badfaithprosecution.wiki
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