The agency has historically avoided taking public action in investigations involving politicians in the weeks before elections.
After years of investigation, the Justice Department appears to be intensifying a criminal inquiry into the immigration history of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and her family.
Federal agents on Monday searched the Washington-area home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and member of the “Squad” who has been a frequent critic — and target — of Republican President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice confirmed to news organizations that the search, which was authorized by a judge, was…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is probing Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) financial disclosures, the day after federal agents searched the congresswoman's Washington, D.C. home.The big picture: It's another example of the administration's escalating fight with the progressive lawmaker, who has clashed with the White House over its immigration…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) solicited donations Tuesday after federal law enforcement raided her Washington, D.C., home, sending out a fundraiser text asking for funds to help her “fight back” against the Trump administration. The message opened by addressing the Department of Homeland Security’s search of her home, calling it “the latest step in their…
Asked why HSI agents raided Omar's DC home, an ex-primary opponent said the feds "probably don't have a record of her father naturalizing, and they probably don't have a record of her citizenship."
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Jonathan Fahey says federal investigators have "probable cause" that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) committed immigration crimes since a judge signed off on a warrant for Homeland Security Investigations agents to raid her Washington, DC, home.
