How the pre-election search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home breaks Justice Dept. norms
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.
The agency has historically avoided taking public action in investigations involving politicians in the weeks before elections.
Federal investigators have issued subpoenas to the relatives of Representative Ilhan Omar, who is facing a criminal probe that includes a review of her immigration history, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ilhan Omar's staff reportedly requested a birth year change in official biographies, a discrepancy now under scrutiny amid the federal immigration investigation.
Staff allegedly tried to shave a year off her age months into Congress: report.
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…