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Federal Agents Raid Ilhan Omar’s Washington Home in a Pre-Dawn Operation That Raises Eyebrows
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Federal agents reportedly raided the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Rep.… |
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Federal agents reportedly raided the Washington, D.C.-area residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning, turning a long-running political controversy into a much more serious legal story. Fox News Digital reported that the pre-dawn operation was part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into immigration paperwork associated with Omar, including documents her late father filled out when she was a child.Multiple agents wearing Homeland Security Investigations jackets were observed outside the residence around 6 a.m. A Department of Justice spokesperson stated: “Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice . This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.”That is a judicially authorized warrant, not a neighborhood invitation to chat over coffee. The search represents a significant escalation in a controversy that has followed the Minnesota Democrat for years. The matter has now moved beyond political sparring and into formal federal investigative channels, which tends to make the usual Washington spin cycle a little less comfortable.According to Omar’s website, she arrived in the United States in March 1995 at age 12 after spending approximately four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. She came with her…
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