A criminal investigation into the Minnesota representative’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.
Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was “neither justified nor lawful.”
Attorneys for Rep. Ilham Omar (D-MN) asked federal prosecutors Friday to immediately return all property seized from her home in an ongoing criminal investigation. On Monday, agents from the Department of Homeland Security searched the congresswoman’s home after a federal judge approved the search warrant. Once inside, the agents took several personal…
Minnesota lawmaker’s attorneys asked for return of seized items and the preservation of any recordings of searchIlhan Omar’s attorneys have asked the US Department of Justice to return property that federal agents removed days earlier from her home during a search.The lawyers for the Minnesota Democrat contended that the seizure as “neither justified nor…
Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.
The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.
Federal authorities seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) phone and issued subpoenas to some of her relatives as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. The subpoenas were issued as part of a federal grand jury probe of alleged fraud involving Omar’s immigration paperwork, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the matter who spoke…
Omar faces a federal government probe related to potential immigration fraud as well as a separate investigation into her financial disclosures.
Sahra Noor skipped a scheduled book tour event in Rochester, Minnesota, after reportedly being subpoenaed in the Ilhan Omar immigration fraud probe.
