A handful of violent left-wing thugs attacked federal officials while ‘protesting’ outside the Portland ICE office earlier this month, and one of these leftists is looking at spending potentially most of the rest of her life behind bars.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced on Thursday that three rioters had been charged with several crimes, including assaulting federal law enforcement officers. The three defendants made their first appearances in federal court that day before a U.S. Magistrate Judge.
Here are the three individuals, along with their specific alleged crimes.
Julie Winters, 46, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony of attempted assault of a federal officer.
Aziel Chambers, 20, of Merlin, Oregon, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offenses of assault on a federal officer, creating a hazard on federal property, and failing to obey a lawful order.
Rachel Jean Pope, 28, of Portland, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offense of assault on a federal officer.
According to court documents and information shared in court, on June 24, 2025, several leftists organized near an ICE office in South Portland. For several weeks, leftist rioters had been trying to damage the building and target federal law enforcement officers with threats of violence, hurling pepper spray, and tossing other objects like rocks, trash, and bricks.
At approximately 11:15 pm, federal officers noticed Winters trying to light what was described as an incendiary device next to the guard shack of the building. Things then escalated when FPS officers engaged her.
Winter responded by pulling out a large knife from her backpack and throwing it at an officer. Fortunately, the officer was not hit.
An officer then used a taser to take down Winters as she attempted to flee, but danger remained. She was able to pull out another large knife from her waistband before another officer finally subdued and arrested her.
Chambers tried to blind a federal officer by striking him in the eye with a laser pointer that same evening. He has also been charged with failing to comply with an officer’s orders to leave the premises on June 17 and throwing an object at federal property on June 20.
Out of the three, Winters faces the most severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon notes that felony assault of a federal officer and inflict bodily injury carries a potential 20-year prison sentence.
Pope and Chambers have been released from prison pending future court proceedings, presumably because their alleged crimes are ‘misdemeanors.’ Winters remains in custody.
This story originally appeared on TheGateWayPundit
