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.

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…
The agency has historically avoided taking public action in investigations involving politicians in the weeks before elections.
President Donald Trump's administration has taken the unusual step of searching Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in Washington, just three weeks before the midterm election.
Sources say Homeland Security Investigations officers conducted the search.
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…
The president proclaims unfettered power to go after his critics, but then disclaims any involvement once a prominent critic is actually the subject of a search.
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."
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…
Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said federal agents searching Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) home in the Washington, D.C., area was a “scandalous abuse of prosecutorial and executive power.” Co-host Jonathan Lemire said, “Yesterday in an