Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has tapped two high-powered Washington, D.C.-based attorneys who have previously represented elected officials at the highest echelon of American politics.
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Amid dueling federal investigations — one for immigration fraud and another for financial disclosure discrepancies — the embattled Somali-born lawmaker hired Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, according to a CBS report, both of whom are partners at Hecker Fink LLP.
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The attorneys have in the past represented Democrat clients and taken on left-leaning cases — especially those taking aim at President Donald Trump, his administration and his supporters.
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Jeffress is a former federal prosecutor whose biography says she tried more than 40 cases during a decade in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, where she was Chief of the National Security Section.
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She served as former President Joe Biden's attorney in his lawsuit against the DOJ earlier this year.
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In that case, Biden sought to halt the release of audio recordings between himself and his "Promise Me, Dad" book ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
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Biden → seek → Me
The audio was recorded in 2016 and 2017, and were subject to a FOIA request from the Heritage Foundation in 2024.
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They were cited during special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into whether Biden illegally retained classified information from his term as vice president, and piqued the interest of conservatives demanding answers about Biden's mental acuity.
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The court declined to block the release of the recordings where Biden ad frequent memory lapses, and they were made public in July.
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Before her time at Hecker Fink, Jeffress, a Yale Law graduate from 1992, served as counsel for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat-led House January 6 committee, which spent two years investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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She represented the committee when it was sued by a Trump campaign spokesperson, Taylor Budowich, after the committee subpoenaed his bank records.
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Jeffress also represented Trump foe and former FBI attorney Lisa Page — a key figure in the left's Russiagate conspiracy theory — during congressional scrutiny into the FBI's handling of the matter.
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Jeffress → represent → matter
Page later sued the DOJ for releasing her text messages with her then-FBI colleague and lover Peter Strzok.
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In the messages, Strzok assuaged Page's concerns that Trump would become president by vowing that the FBI would stop it, and referred to an "insurance policy" against his presidency.
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That case was settled in 2024.
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Jeffress is married to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of the District of Washington, D.C., who in May ruled that it was illegal for the the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center to add Trump's name.
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Trump publicly criticized Cooper as "highly conflicted," due to his relationship with Jeffress.
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He graduated from Harvard Law, and clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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"Joshua’s practice has long included a focus on democracy and elections," his biography page says.
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He represented the state of Pennsylvania in defending the certification of its election results, including arguing before the Supreme Court.
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He was counsel to House Democrats during both failed impeachment attempts against Trump during his first term in office.
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Matz also represented E. Jean Carroll in two separate civil cases against Trump related to his denial of her of sexual assault claims against him.
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He was never criminally charged.
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In 2022, Carroll accused Trump of defaming her in his denial of her account of an incident she claims happened in 1996.
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A New York jury found Trump liable for defamation and for sexual assault.
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Prior to that case, in 2019, a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million for defamation stemming from other comments made by Trump.
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Matz represented students, parents and teachers who opposed Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, which his biography describes as the "Don't Say Gay" law, which restricted teaching students about sexual orientation and gender identity.
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He also successfully represented Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear when he was sued for COVID-19 lockdowns, including school closures, and victims of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.
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Now, Matz and Jeffress are representing Omar as she seeks to battle two federal probes.
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In a video message posted to her social media earlier this month, the lawmaker pleaded with her supporters to keep sending money, noting that her fight against the investigations would be costly.
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fight → post → investigations
Omar's attorneys did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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attorneys → respond → comment
Neither did the White House.
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