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Ilhan Omar's Home Raided By Feds

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of Trump administration criticism, as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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Sources told Fox News Digital that investigators are scrutinizing whether Omar or her father fraudulently filled out immigration paperwork when Omar was become a U.S. citizen decades ago.

8 of 20 outletsfirst reported 12 Octwording from Fox News

Authorities have also issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including to some of Omar's relatives, seeking testimony before a Minnesota grand jury, the outlet reports.

7 of 20 outletsfirst reported 15 Octwording from Daily Mail

On Twitter, Omar called the raid “an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” and added that she “will not be silenced.”

6 of 20 outletsfirst reported 12 Octwording from Zeteo

Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17 years old, five years after she arrived with her family after obtaining asylum in the United States.

6 of 20 outletsfirst reported 12 Octwording from Toronto Star

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‘Today in the Washington, D.C. area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice,’ a DOJ spokesperson told the outlet.

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His outing came the same day that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that her office is investigating Omar's financial disclosures connected to reporting of the couple's shared worth.

5 outlets

The Post reported Tuesday that following Omar’s initial election to the House of Representatives in 2018, her staff pressed the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, and Wikipedia to record her birth as happening in 1982 rather than 1981.

5 outlets

Hours after the Monday raid, Trump told reporters he had “nothing to do” with the search, saying it was “really up to the DOJ [Justice Department]”.

4 outlets

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Trump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage? The Intercept

Omar raid outrage goes from bad to worse when internet notices her past 6-word claim: 'Couldn't agree more' Fox News

Somali-born Ilhan Omar turns federal raid into desperate cash grab after Trump admin opened probe into childhood records Daily Mail

Ilhan Omar slams ‘ludicrous’ federal investigation in new fundraising pitch: ‘We have an obligation to fight back’ New York Post

How it changed

  1. 12 Oct

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of Trump administration criticism, as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.

    13 outlets · Toronto Star
  2. 13 Oct

    His outing came the same day that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that her office is investigating Omar's financial disclosures connected to reporting of the couple's shared worth.

    5 outlets · Fox News
  3. 14 Oct

    Federal investigators have subpoenaed Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other person in her family circle as they examine possible fraud and false statements in immigration paperwork, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation.

    7 outlets · Fox News
  4. 15 Oct

    The library's director wrote in one message, sent days after the edit, that Omar's team had said 'her birth year was incorrect and requested that we change it to 1982.'

    3 outlets · Daily Mail
  5. 16 Oct

    The sealed warrant for Monday's search listed conspiracy, false statements on immigration paperwork and immigration fraud as potential crimes being investigated, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

    2 outlets · The Straits Times
  6. 17 Oct

    "I’ve always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me."

    2 outlets · Fox News

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