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Immigration Officials Conduct Pre-Dawn Search at Ilhan Omar's Home
Justice Department officials said the court-authorized search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation and provided no further details.
- Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a pre-dawn, judicially authorized search warrant at the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
- Reporting from Fox News indicates the search stems from a federal fraud probe examining historical immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she arrived in the United States as a child.
- The Department of Justice confirmed the HSI action in a statement, noting: "Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation".
- The raid follows earlier comments by border czar Tom Homan confirming that the Minnesota congresswoman was subject to an active federal investigation.
- Neither Rep. Omar nor her legal counsel has formally responded regarding the specifics of the search, and the Department of Justice has not released supporting affidavits or announced formal charges.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home as part of a criminal investigation
ederal agents searched the Democratic congresswoman’s home as part of a criminal investigation. The search of the Minnesota congresswoman's home in the final weeks of her reelection bid was conducted Monday by Homeland Security Investigations agents. Details about the investigation are unclear.
Omar says she won't 'be silenced’ after federal agents search her home, blasting Trump for 'intimidation' campaign
The search of the Minnesota congresswoman's home so close to next month's midterm contests that will determine control of the House and the Senate was swiftly condemned by top Democrats in Congress and raised questions about the timing given longstanding Justice Department protocol to avoid overt investigative steps involving political candidates in the direct run-up to an election.
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