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Obama calls Trump administration’s investigation into Ilhan Omar ‘appalling’
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Sunday called the Justice Department’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar “appalling,” saying the government is attempting to intimidate and deport one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attends a news conference with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on funding and accountability for the Department of Homeland Security in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 13: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attends a news conference with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on funding and accountability for the Department of Homeland Security in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
HSI searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home early Oct. 12, 2026, under a DOJ warrant in an ongoing federal criminal investigation; no charges reported.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter. The people say the search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents.
House Democratic leaders are condemning the search of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s Washington home as an “abuse of power” by the Trump administration. Federal agents searched the Democratic congresswoman’s home as part of a criminal investigation.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her home the “latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign. House Democratic leaders are condemning the search of Omar’s Washington home as an “abuse of power” by the Trump administration.
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign. House Democratic leaders are condemning the search of Omar’s home as an “abuse of power” by the Republican administration.
The Washington, DC, home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was targeted for a pre-dawn raid Monday morning by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.
Federal agents conducted a pre-dawn search Monday at the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as part of an ongoing immigration probe, multiple outlets reported. Why it matters: Searching Omar's home marks a substantial escalation of the Trump administration's ongoing fight with the outspoke…
Homeland Security agents have searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. A senior U.S.
Federal agents descended on the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar in a pre-dawn operation early Monday as the Trump administration intensifies a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork.
Federal agents searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — the investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — carried out the search, a Justice Department spokesp…
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to Associated Press sources. The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the sources, who were not authorized to public…
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