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    ABUAL-RAGHEB, Rasha N. Freedom Fighter

    • Date
      January 6, 2021
    • City/County
      Washington DC / Arrested in New Jersey
    • Type of Case
      Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights,
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    Title

    ABUAL-RAGHEB, Rasha N. Freedom Fighter

    Date
    January 6, 2021
    State or Country
    District of Columbia
    County/City:
    Washington DC / Arrested in New Jersey
    The Court the Case was filed in

    U.S. District of Court of the District of Columbia (Washington DC) The Civil Rights Court of the United States of America

    Type of Case
    Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights,
    Case Number

    MAGISTRATE NO. 21-MJ-100 (RMM)

    Judges

    JUdge Robin M. Meriweather
    01 /17/2021 Meriweather

    Plaintiff

    United States of America

    Charges:

    Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

    Defendant

    ABUAL-RAGHEB, Rasha N.

    Arrested 1/19/21 in the District of New Jersey. Initial appearance/detention hearing held on 1/25/21.

    Charged via criminal information 1/28/21 and arraigned on 2/22/21 where he pleaded not guilty to all counts.

    Defendant remains on personal recognizance bond and has a status conference set for 6/28/21 at 2:30 pm.

    Plaintiff Attorney

    MICHAEL R. SHERWIN
    Acting United States Attorney
    N.Y. Bar No. 4444188
    By:
    MICHAEL C. LIEBMAN
    D.C. Bar No. 479562
    Assistant United States Attorney
    555 4th Street, N.W., Room 9106
    Washington, DC 20530
    (202) 252-7243
    michael.liebman@usdoj.gov

    Others that affected your case

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : MAGISTRATE NO. 21-MJ-100 (RMM)
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    v. :
    :
    RASHA N. ABUAL-RAGHEB, : VIOLATIONS:
    also known as “Rasha Abu,”
    Defendant.
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    18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1)
    (Entering and Remaining in a Restricted
    Building)
    18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(2)
    (Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a
    Restricted Building)
    40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D)
    (Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in
    a Capitol Building)
    40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(G)
    (Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in
    a Capitol Building)

    I N F O R M A T I O N
    The United States Attorney charges that:
    COUNT ONE
    On or about January 6, 2021, within the District of Columbia, RASHA N. ABUALRAGHEB, also known as “Rasha Abu,” did knowingly enter and remain in the United States
    Capitol, a restricted building, without lawful authority to do so.
    (Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building, in violation of Title 18, United States
    Code, Section 1752(a)(1))
    COUNT TWO
    On or about January 6, 2021, within the District of Columbia, RASHA N. ABUALRAGHEB, also known as “Rasha Abu,” knowingly and with intent to impede and disrupt the
    orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, engaged in disorderly and
    disruptive conduct in and within such proximity to, the United States Capitol, a restricted building,

    Case 1:21-cr-00043-CJN Document 8 Filed 01/28/21 Page 2 of 2
    when and so that such conduct did in fact impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government
    business and official functions.
    (Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building, in violation of Title 18,
    United States Code, Section 1752(a)(2))
    COUNT THREE
    On or about January 6, 2021, in the District of Columbia, RASHA N. ABUAL-RAGHEB,
    also known as “Rasha Abu,” willfully and knowingly engaged in disorderly and disruptive conduct
    in any of the Capitol Buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, and disturb the orderly conduct
    of a session of Congress or either House of Congress.
    (Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building, in violation of Title 40,
    United States Code, Section 5104(e)(2)(D))
    COUNT FOUR
    On or about January 6, 2021, in the District of Columbia, RASHA N. ABUAL-RAGHEB,
    also known as “Rasha Abu,” willfully and knowingly paraded, demonstrated, and picketed in a
    Capitol Building.
    (Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, in violation of Title 40,
    United States Code, Section 5104(e)(2)(G))

    Respectfully submitted,

    MICHAEL R. SHERWIN
    Acting United States Attorney
    N.Y. Bar No. 4444188
    By:
    MICHAEL C. LIEBMAN
    D.C. Bar No. 479562
    Assistant United States Attorney
    555 4th Street, N.W., Room 9106
    Washington, DC 20530
    (202) 252-7243
    michael.liebman@usdoj.gov

    Comments

    STATEMENT OF FACTS

    I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and I am assigned to the
    Washington Field Office's securities fraud squad, which has investigative responsibility for
    economic crimes. I have also been assigned to the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office and to the FBI
    Headquarters' Criminal Investigative Division. During my career as a Special Agent, I have
    conducted over 200 cases as the lead investigator. As a Special Agent, I am authorized by law or
    by a Government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detention, investigation, or
    prosecution of violations of Federal criminal laws. The facts and information contained in this
    affidavit are based upon my personal knowledge as well as the observations of other agents
    involved in this investigation. All observations not personally made by me were relayed to me by
    the individuals who made them or were conveyed to me by my review of records, documents, and
    other physical evidence obtained during the course of this investigation. This affidavit contains
    information necessary to support probable cause for this application. This affidavit does not
    include each and every fact observed by me or known by the government.

    The U.S. Capitol is secured 24 hours a day by the U.S. Capitol Police. Restrictions around
    the U.S. Capitol include permanent and temporary security barriers and posts manned by U.S.
    Capitol Police. Only authorized people with appropriate identification are allowed access inside
    the U.S. Capitol. On January 6, 2021, the exterior plaza of the U.S. Capitol was also closed to
    members of the public.
    On January 6, 2021, a joint session of the United States Congress convened at the U.S.
    Capitol, which is located at First Street, SE, in Washington, D.C. During the joint session, elected
    members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate were meeting
    in separate chambers of the U.S. Capitol to certify the vote count of the Electoral College of the
    2020 Presidential Election, which had taken place on November 3, 2020. The joint session began
    at approximately 1:00 p.m. Shortly thereafter, by approximately 1:30 p.m., the House and Senate
    adjourned to separate chambers to resolve a particular objection. Vice President Mike Pence was
    present and presiding, first in the joint session, and then in the Senate chamber.
    As the proceedings continued in both the House and the Senate, and with Vice President
    Mike Pence present and presiding over the Senate, a large crowd gathered outside the U.S. Capitol.
    As noted above, temporary and permanent barricades were in place around the exterior of the U.S.
    Capitol building, and the U.S. Capitol Police were present and attempting to keep the crowd away
    from the U.S. Capitol building and the proceedings underway inside.
    At such time, the certification proceedings were still underway and the exterior
    doors and windows of the U.S. Capitol were locked or otherwise secured. Members of the U.S.
    Capitol Police attempted to maintain order and keep the crowd from entering the U.S. Capitol;
    however, shortly after 2:00 p.m., individuals in the crowd forced entry into the U.S. Capitol,
    including by breaking windows and by assaulting members of the U.S. Capitol Police, as others
    in the crowd encouraged and assisted those acts.
    Shortly thereafter, at approximately 2:20 p.m. members of the United States House of
    Representatives and United States Senate, including the President of the Senate, Vice President
    Mike Pence, were instructed to—and did—evacuate the chambers. Accordingly, the joint session
    of the United States Congress was effectively suspended until shortly after 8:00 p.m. Vice
    President Pence remained in the U.S. Capitol from the time he was evacuated from the Senate
    Chamber until the sessions resumed.
    During national news coverage of the aforementioned events, video footage which
    appeared to be captured on mobile devices of persons present on the scene depicted evidence of
    violations of local and federal law, including scores of individuals inside the U.S. Capitol building
    without authority to be there.
    In November 2020, a Facebook account with display name Rasha Abu participated in
    Facebook and Telegram group chats involving the New Jersey chapter of the American Patriot
    3%. In the Facebook chat, user Rasha Abu advised the revolution will start not by standing by but
    by standing up. In addition, she advised civil war is coming and they need to show support, and
    rise up and fight for our Constitution. Open Source research identified an individual named Rasha
    Abual-Ragheb, residing at a specific address in New Jersey, as the possible user of the Facebook
    account. As part of the FBI’s assessment of Rasha Abual-Ragheb, she was interviewed. During
    the interview, she advised she was a Trump supporter, attended Trump rallies, and was blocked
    from making posts on Facebook and Twitter for pro-Trump postings. Additionally, Rasha AbualRagheb advised she was born in Lebanon and fled to Jordan when she was a child due to the civil
    war there. She further advised that she has lived in the United States for 21 years and she provided
    the interviewing agents with her telephone number.
    Open source research revealed a name variant of Rasha Abu. A driver’s license photo
    obtained through the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for Rasha Abual-Ragheb was a
    match for the profile pic of the Facebook account provided by Confidential Human Source #1
    (CHS 1).
    In addition, FBI Newark Division (FBI Newark) recently obtained, through legal process,
    records associated with the Facebook account with the display name Rasha Abu. The Facebook
    records link the Rasha Abu account to the same phone number that Rasha Abual-Ragheb provided
    the interviewing agents in November of 2020. FBI Newark also recently obtained, through legal
    process, records associated with the phone number provided by Rasha Abual-Ragheb, which
    confirmed Rasha Abual-Ragheb was in fact the subscriber.
    On January 7, 2021, CHS 1 reported to the FBI Philadelphia Division (FBI Philadelphia)
    that he/she observed Rasha Abual-Ragheb’s Facebook page (display name Rasha Abu) showing
    Rasha Abual-Ragheb at the protest in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021 (attachment 1). A post
    made by Rasha Abual-Ragheb on the Facebook page revealed she checked into the Kimpton
    George Hotel (attachment 2). In another Facebook post (attachment 3), Rasha Abual-Ragheb
    posted the following: “Just left Dc… I got tear gas, paper spray!!! But I was part of the history.
    We the people won’t take it anymore. Antifa were between us, i and other MAGA people told Dc
    police, get that Antifa they didn’t do anything. He had black metal chair... The police would order
    to use full force on us from the beginning when we start marching to the capital, the use teargas
    2
    and pepper spray and rubber bullet, they shot the woman that was standing peacefully without a a
    weapon, they hit women’s kids. They hit people with the pat metal one.”
    On January 6, 2021, Confidential Human Source #2 (CHS 2) advised the FBI Philadelphia
    that on the night of January 6, 2021, CHS 2 encountered a woman on the sidewalk of the Kimpton
    George Hotel in Washington D.C. dressed in distinct clothing and making a scene (attachment 4,
    which was photo taken by CHS). The woman on the sidewalk identified herself as “Rasha,”
    admitted to being in the U.S. Capitol, and showed CHS 2 a picture of herself in the building
    (attachment 5). CHS 2 further reported Rasha Abual-Ragheb said she was in the U.S. Capitol and
    saw a woman get shot.
    On January 12, 2021, attachment 5, a photo of Rasha in the U.S. Capitol, was provided to
    U.S. Capitol Police Officer Mark Smoot, who is detailed to the U.S. Capitol Police First
    Responders Unit (FRU). The FRU is a unit assigned to the U.S. Capitol building itself. Officer
    Smoot advised he was certain the provided picture was taken inside of the U.S. Capitol
    building. Officer Smoot further advised the background in the picture appeared to be taken inside
    the first floor on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol building. The archway and white shutters in
    the picture made him certain this picture was taken inside the U.S. Capitol. Officer Smoot provided
    pictures of the location from inside the U.S. Capitol building described herein (attachment 6),
    which depict the same molding, archway, and white shutters as the picture provided by the CHS 2
    (attachment 5).
    Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits that there is probable cause to believe that
    Rasha Abual-Ragheb violated 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) and (2), which makes it a crime to (1)
    knowingly enter or remain in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do;
    and (2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government
    business or official functions, engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such
    proximity to, any restricted building or grounds when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or
    disrupts the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions. For purposes of Section
    1752 of Title 18, a “restricted building” includes a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted
    area of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service,
    including the Vice President, is or will be temporarily visiting; or any building or grounds so
    restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance.
    3
    Your affiant submits there is also probable cause to believe that Rasha Abual-Ragheb
    violated 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D) and (G), which makes it a crime to willfully and knowingly
    (D) utter loud, threatening, or abusive language, or engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct, at
    any place in the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, or
    disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress or either House of Congress, or the orderly
    conduct in that building of a hearing before, or any deliberations of, a committee of Congress or
    either House of Congress; and (G) parade, demonstrate, or picket in any of the Capitol Buildings.
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Attested to by the applicant in accordance with the requirements of Fed. R. Crim. P. 4.1 by
    telephone, this 16th day of January 2021.
    Meriweather
    ___________________________________ -05'00'
    Digitally signed by Robin M. Robin M.
    Date: 2021.01.17 14:26:16 Meriweather
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    Good job
    Attachment 2
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    Rasha Abu
    Just left De ... I got tear gas, paper spray!!! But I
    was part of the history. We the people won't take it
    anymore. Antifa were between us, i and other
    MAGA people told De police, get that Antifa they
    didn't do anything. He had black metal chair ... The
    police would order to use full force on us from the
    beginning when we start marching to the capital,
    the use teargas and pepper spray and rubber
    bullet, they shot the woman that was standing
    peacefully without a a weapon, they hit women's,
    kids. They hit people with the pat metal one

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