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.
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…
Rep. Ilhan Omar is responding after federal agents searched her home in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, posting on social media “Make no mistake, this is an attempt to target political enemies.” The Justice Department is calling it part of an ongoing criminal probe, but Omar’s supporters accuse the Trump administration of a blatant abuse of power,…
The Justice Department says the search is part of an "ongoing federal investigation," while Omar calls it "an attempt to target political enemies."
Sources say Homeland Security Investigations officers conducted the search.
President Donald Trump has maintained that he had “nothing to do” with the raid on Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar’s home, though he did emphasize that he finds “her to be totally crooked personally.”
It has the makings of political intimidation, say some legal experts.
A search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home has sent shockwaves through electoral politics weeks before the midterms, as experts said it appeared to flout longstanding norms meant to keep prosecutors out of elections. While the Minnesota Democrat herself has been on a glide path to reelection in a deep-blue district, some worry it could set…
There are signs of desperation in the Trump administration's new attack on the congresswoman.
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
