 IMAGE: FBI Fairfield resident Rasha Abual-Ragheb, who goes by the name Rasha Abu on Facebook, has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for having taken part in the violent insurrection at the US Capitol Building on Jan. 6. The US Capitol Police protects the Capitol Building 24 hours a day through permanent and temporary security barriers which allow only authorized persons with identification to enter. On the day of the capital riots, the exterior surrounding the Capitol Building was also securely closed to the public. The FBI allege that Abual-Ragheb's right-wing extremism, which led to her participation in the violent mobs, was known for months on local and on right-wing Facebook groups, as well as on her own profile page. JULY, 2020 After attending a Trump rally in Bedminster, Abual-Ragheb posted images to a local Fairfield group:
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NOVEMBER, 2020: FBI INVESTIGATION A confidential source provided the FBI with Rasha Abu's Fairfield profile account photos and the agents matched her photo to the NJ Drivers Licence for Rasha Abual-Ragheb. The FBI allege that Abual-Ragheb's Facebook account participated in a now removed group called New Jersey chapter of the American Patriot 3% and she is reported to have made the following concerning statements:
At that time, members of the FBI Newark Division interviewed Abual-Ragheb who is reported to have made the following statements to them regarding her Facebook posts:
DECEMBER, 2020 On Dec. 29, Abual-Ragheb created a public post on her Facebook profile page which was liked/loved by 11 of her Facebook friends. The public post stated the "Storm IS UPON us get ready Patriots" The "Storm" refers to a QAnon conspiracy which asserts that in October 2017, when President Trump dined with military leaders and called it the "calm before the storm," he was secretly stating in code that he had a master plan to stage a coup against the Democratic Party. By 2020, after Trump's electoral loss and his repeated insistence that he had in fact won the election, the QAnon call for a Storm to overturn the election became prominent among many of his supporters who have come to call themselves Patriots. In Abual-Ragheb's case, she was apparently referring to her own participation in the storming of the US Capitol Building which would take place nine days later.  IMAGE: Facebook JAN. 6, 2021 CAPITOL INSURRECTION 1pm
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JAN. 7, 2021 TIMELINE A second confidential Source contacted the FBI Philadelphia Division on the day after the insurgency to report that they observed Rasha Abu's Facebook page which showed Rasha participating in the Capitol insurrection. Newark FBI agents were then able to match up Rasha's phone number in their database since November to legally confirm through Facebook that Abual-Ragheb was in fact the subscriber who had uploaded the photos. Rasha Abu's Facebook page provided the following information to the agents:
JAN. 12, 2021 The second Source had also provided the FBI with photos from the Rasha Abu Facebook account which the Source believed were taken inside of the Capitol building on Jan. 6. US Capitol Police Officer Mark Smoot, who is part of the US Capitol Police First Responders Unit (FRU) assigned to the Capitol Building, advised the FBI of the following:
JAN. 16, 2021 The FBI asserted that there is probable cause to believe that Rasha Abual-Ragheb violated 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1) and (2):
The FBI additionally asserted that there is probable cause to believe that Rasha Abual-Ragheb violated 40 U.S.C. § 5104(e)(2)(D) and (G):
JAN. 17 2021: CHARGES Rasha N. Abual-Ragheb was charged with the following federal crimes:
Published 7pm  NEWARK, NJ - Monday morning, Alaa Saadeh, 23, was arrested at his West New York home in Hudson County for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to ISIL - the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," a designated foreign terrorist organization, US Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) have been investigating a group of at least five individuals from New York and New Jersey who are allegedly involved with actively promoting ISIL. Saadeh, a United States citizen, is the fourth individual that the Department of Justice has noted is part of this current ISIL investigation. Charges Saadeh was charged with the following:
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The FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) have been investigating a group of individuals from New York and New Jersey who have allegedly conspired to provide material support to ISIL. "Conspirator 1"
Subsequent Arrests Following the reported arrest of "Conspirator 1" sometime in May in Jordan, the following individuals were also arrested as part of this current investigation:
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Investigative Team Fishman credited the following in leading to today’s arrest:
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Published 9:00pm  NEWARK, NJ - Today, Dr. Richard Goldberg, 65, and Dr. Gary Leeds, 61, both of Connecticut with practices in New York, were sentenced to 20-months today in Newark federal court, US Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The two doctors had previously pleaded guilty before US District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to one count of accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals. Chesler imposed both sentences today in Newark. The long-running and elaborate scheme was operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS), of Parsippany. As of now, 38 people (26 of them doctors, including Leeds and Goldberg) have pleaded guilty in connection with the bribery scheme. Organizers have admitted that millions of dollars in bribes, which resulted in more than $100 million in payments to BLS from Medicare and private insurance companies, were involved in the far-reaching fraud plot. The investigation has so far recovered more than $11 million to date through forfeiture.  Information Gathered from Case Documents and Court Statements
Professional Medical Practice Besides sharing a Family Medical Group of Manhattan, both men are affiliated with the Beth Israel Medical Center
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