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DOJ Tried to Go After Ilhan Omar by Indicting Her Bodyguard

Prosecutors allegedly tried to turn Abdullahi Mohamed into an informant as part of a broader effort to investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family, his lawyer said.

Summary by The New Republic
The Justice Department eventually dropped the charges after its efforts to turn him into an informant failed.

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Washington - Arabic Jerusalem: The administration of United States President Donald Trump faces charges of employing the Department of Justice and law enforcement agencies to target progressive Democratic Deputy Elhan Omar, after an investigation of the New York Times revealed that federal prosecutors tried to recruit her former bodyguard, Abdullah Mohammed, as an informant against her, and offered to intervene to protect him from deportation in…

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The New Republic broke the news on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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