Legal group files Hatch Act complaint over Omar search
The Democracy Defenders Fund says the pre-dawn raid could have been meant to sway Minnesota’s congressional race, as early voting nears.
- On Tuesday, the Democracy Defenders Fund filed a Hatch Act complaint with Special Counsel Charles Baldis, asking him to investigate whether the federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's Minnesota home was intended to influence the Nov. 3 midterm election.
- Homeland Security Investigations agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on Monday, reportedly investigating immigration paperwork Omar's late father filed decades earlier when she was 12 years old.
- Legal experts Norman Eisen, Virginia Canter, Christopher Swartz, and Richard Painter signed the complaint, which alleges the DOJ and DHS violated federal law through a "politically motivated use of power to influence the Minnesota congressional election."
- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., condemned the raid as "fascism and abuse of office on a scale we have never seen," calling it an escalation in targeting perceived political enemies.
- Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has targeted Sen. Adam Schiff, Rep. Jason Crow, and FBI Director James Comey, establishing a pattern critics characterize as punitive executive action against perceived opponents.
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Watchdog files Hatch Act complaint over federal investigation into Ilhan Omar
A progressive watchdog filed a formal Hatch Act complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel one day after federal agents raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) this week. The predawn search of her property came four days before early voting for Minnesota starts this election cycle. The Democracy Defenders Fund, […]
Watchdog Files Hatch Act Complaint Over Omar Raid
The Hill reports: A watchdog group filed a Hatch Act complaint Tuesday against several federal agencies following the search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) home. Democracy Defenders Fund called for an investigation the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its secretary, Markwayne Mullin, Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Justice Department (DOJ) and Joseph Edlow, the … The post Watchdog Files Hatch Act Complaint Over Omar Raid appeared fir…
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