The home of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has been searched by federal agents as part of a criminal investigation, according to a report. Omar’s home was raided Monday morning by agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of Homeland Security’s investigative unit, according to Fox News Digital.
The raid comes as Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire for years and called for her to be investigated. “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,” a Justice Department spokesperson told The Independent.
The spokesperson did not elaborate further on the grounds of the investigation. The home of Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has been searched by federal agents as part of a criminal investigation, according to a report (AP) The Independent has contacted a representative of Omar for comment.
Agents wearing HSI jackets were seen outside Omar’s D.C. home at around 6 a.m., according to Fox. The president has routinely used derogatory and inflammatory language to describe Omar and the Somali population in Minnesota. After she was elected seven years ago, Trump said she should “go back” to her home country.
Omar has been a U.S. citizen for 26 years, and arrived in the country as a refugee aged 12 in 1995. She responded to Trump’s attacks in a news release last year. “For Trump, I represented everything that he hated about Obama,” Omar said.
“I always held on to that sense of home and welcome and generosity that I knew existed within the American people,” Omar added. “When he even said I should go back to where I came from, I went home to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and my neighbors showed up at the airport to welcome me.” Omar has been a U.S. citizen for 26 years, and arrived in the country as a refugee aged 12 in 1995 (AFP/Getty) Trump was last week accused of inciting a call to violence against the Somali community in Minnesota. “The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants.
There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday. Minnesota Gov.
Tim Walz said the president was “deranged.” Omar has been a leading Democratic voice against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and said the agency was “out of control” in a Oct. 10 post on X. This is a breaking story, more follows
Source: The Independent
