Upstate NY Woman Arrested, Allegedly Provided Material Support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad
“This individual, as alleged in the criminal complaint, provided money to a foreign terrorist organization engaged in acts of violence”
The DSA candidates currently running and winning elections would probably support this woman.
From the DOJ:
Upstate New York Woman Arrested, Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad
The Justice Department announced today that Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, of Irondequoit, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support and resources, namely currency, to designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) also known as Al-Quds Brigades. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to the criminal complaint, Washburn is a leader of the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), an extremist organization formed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023. DAMPL rejects the idea of peaceful protests and engages in “direct action” — including acts of sabotage and property destruction — in support of the Palestinian cause and against entities that it associates with Israel.
“As alleged, Washburn repeatedly voiced support for violence against Israeli civilians and attempted to provide material support to the Palestine Islamic Jihad by sending cryptocurrency to an individual who claimed to participate in its attacks,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “Those who aid foreign terrorist groups will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“As alleged in the complaint, this defendant, fueled by her self-described hate of Israel and Jewish people, went to great lengths to attempt to provide financial support to terrorist organizations that use violence to further their agendas, including the Palestine Islamic Jihad,” said U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo for the Western District of New York. “Despite her alleged attempts, including cryptic communications with a fighter involved in violent attacks in an area thousands of miles away, Catherine Washburn was stopped and so too were her efforts to support violent extremism.”
“This individual, as alleged in the criminal complaint, provided money to a foreign terrorist organization engaged in acts of violence,” said Acting Assistant Director Coult Markovsky of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “The FBI is committed to cutting off funding to terrorist groups and will continue to work side-by-side with our Justice Department partners to make sure anyone who engages in terrorism or provides assistance to such organizations is held fully accountable in our justice system.”
The Justice Department announced today that Catherine Beth Washburn, 37, of Irondequoit, New York, was ARRESTED AND CHARGED by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support and resources, namely currency, to designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) the… pic.twitter.com/AIQs3ooxbD
— National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) June 30, 2026
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How cute, cosplaying in her little keffiyeh hijab.
This is unsurprising to me at all. I was aquaintances with this mom at one of the school’s I worked in before 10/7. She struck me as ignorant but not hateful when it came to Jewish people. She was middle class boarding on wealthy and had one child and a stable marriage. After 10/7, I watched her slowly transform into a radical nut job, refusing to even speak to me and one time calling me a “zio-nazi” and telling me stay away from her kid. (By the way I neevr even saw her child at the school, we met druing a PTA meeting). She too dabbled w/ converting to islam and started wearing a keffiyah everywhere. She also was a stay at home mom consumed by social media and her own insecurities. I finally heard she had assualted a women in the school parking lot because of her having a Trump sticker on her car and had been banned from the school. Honestly her downfall into deragement has been sad to watch.
I’ve noticed this same problem over twenty 0r so years with several post-menopausal women of my wife’s acquaintance