WP: Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues
The earlier review found the evidence too thin, and Homeland Security Investigations abandoned a full probe, former officials said.
- Federal agents searched the Washington home of Rep Ilhan Omar on Monday, resurfacing a long-running inquiry into her background that previously found no immigration fraud.
- Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first President Donald Trump administration urged immigration authorities to scrub Omar's records for fraud, a request Three career staffers considered highly unusual.
- A One-page memo from a 2019 review examined her refugee past and family history but concluded there were no problems with the issues investigators are revisiting today.
- Investigators are currently reviewing whether Omar or her father lied on immigration paperwork regarding her birthdate and his military service in Somalia, topics examined in 2019.
- While Omar's spokesperson labeled the probe "politically motivated," The Justice Department is considering revoking her citizenship, and Attorney Jeanine Pirro has opened a separate financial investigation.
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A one-page memo could blow up Trump's new probe against Ilhan Omar: report
A one-page memo from a 2019 review of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration records found no problems with questions investigators are revisiting now, according to The Washington Post, casting doubt on the current probe.Three former immigration officials told The Post that in 2019 a political appointee urged immigration authorities to comb Omar’s records for fraud, an unusual request from the standpoint of career staff. A review examined her background,…
Trump Officials First Scrutinized Ilhan Omar in 2019
“Seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration approached U.S. immigration authorities with a request that alarmed career staffers: Scrub the immigration records of Rep. Ilhan Omar, then a newly elected Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota, for evidence of fraud,” the Washington Post reports. “That 2019 demand, detailed by three former immigration officials, […]
Donald Trump's government seems to be pursuing a far-reaching goal against Democratic MP Ilhan Omar.
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