When U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents raided the DC home of far-left Islamist and Democrat U.S. House Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota last Monday, they came armed with a judicial warrant.
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they → raid → warrant
Omar’s fellow leftists shrieked that the raid amounted to political revenge from President Trump.
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raid → shriek → Trump
We do not know yet the facts contained in the agents’ affidavit that goes with any warrant, but we certainly know enough to say this: These leftists’ accusation is laughable.
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accusation → know → this
The more likely scenario is Omar and many others will receive a Christmas present in the form of federal indictments.
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Omar → receive → indictments
The Fourth Amendment bars judges from issuing a warrant without probable cause.
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Amendment → bar → cause
U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh of the District of Columbia, the DC duty judge when the Omar raid occurred, reportedly signed the warrant for Omar’s home.
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raid → occur → home
That means Judge Sharbaugh found probable cause evidence of at least one federal crime is inside Omar’s home.
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evidence → mean → home
Supreme Court precedents like United States v. Leon (1984) require that an issuing judge must be neutral and detached.
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judge → require → ?
If anything, Judge Sharbaugh's record suggests a judge predisposed to rule against the Trump Justice Department, not for it.
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record → suggest → it
Before becoming a judge, Sharbaugh donated to Hillary Clinton during her losing 2016 campaign against President Trump.
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Sharbaugh → become → Trump
Sharbaugh clerked twice for Judge Robert Wilkins, a leftist appointee of President Obama, on both the D.C. U.S. District Court and the D.C. U.S. Circuit.
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Sharbaugh → clerk → Court
Judge Wilkins was one of the three D.C. U.S. circuit judges rammed through by former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the end of 2013 just before Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate.
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Republicans → ram → Senate
Omar's leftist allies in Congress claimed that President Trump is targeting Omar because of the upcoming midterms.
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Trump → claim → midterms
Those allies include U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Jamie Raskin of Maryland, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
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allies → include → Michigan
Are these leftists accusing Judge Sharbaugh of joining the conspiracy?
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leftists → accuse → conspiracy
Are they claiming he isn't neutral, and that he harbors prejudice against Omar?
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he → claim → Omar
According to all evidence, Judge Sharbaugh is no puppet of the Trump administration.
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Sharbaugh → accord → administration
The DC U.S. district judges who appointed him as a magistrate judge in October 2024 are overwhelmingly leftists–overwhelmingly Obama and Biden appointees.
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who → appoint → October
Judge Sharbaugh's almost certain signature on that warrant shows beyond any reasonable doubt that this matter is serious and based in evidence.
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matter → show → evidence
The government has probable cause concerning at least one federal crime.
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government → have → crime
We are unsure what the crime is, because the affidavit remains sealed.
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affidavit → remain → ?
But The New York Times reports that members of Omar's family have received subpoenas.
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members → report → subpoenas
Perhaps the crime entails immigration fraud.
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crime → entail → fraud
Omar claims she was 17 when she purportedly became an American citizen through a process called derivative naturalization.
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she → claim → process
Her father sought and purportedly obtained citizenship.
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father → seek → citizenship
Under our immigration law, that made his minor children eligible for citizenship as well.
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children → make → citizenship
But two issues call into question Omar's citizenship status.
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issues → call → status
First, some allege that her father was a Somali warlord, who never should have received citizenship in the first place.
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who → allege → place
In other words, he allegedly lied to obtain it.
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he → lie → it
Moreover, no one seems to be able to find any official record of his citizenship.
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one → seem → citizenship
Second, Omar's staff surreptitiously changed the date of birth on her biography in 2019, according to the Library of Congress.
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staff → change → Congress
Indeed, as the Washington Post recently reported:
"The library told The Washington Post on Tuesday that Omar’s staff had sought that change, saying at the time that it was in the process of correcting Omar’s birth year in various public sources."
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it → report → sources
Under the original, pre-2019-changed birth date, Omar would have been 18 years old when she became a citizen.
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she → change → citizen
That would have made her ineligible for derivative naturalization through her father.
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her → make → father
Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires seven years of citizenship to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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I → require → Representatives
But based on these allegations, Omar may have obtained citizenship fraudulently.
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Omar → base → citizenship
In other words, she may have never been a legitimate citizen and therefore never eligible to serve in Congress.
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she → serve → Congress
In addition to the DOJ and DHS investigations, the U.S. House of Representatives must investigate this immediately.
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House → investigate → this
If Omar isn’t a U.S. citizen, the House must expel her.
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House → expel → her
Federal law provides a process for denaturalizing those who engaged in fraud to procure their citizenship.
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who → provide → citizenship
…and 22 more, not listed.
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