WASHINGTON (AURN News) — Twenty-two days before the midterm elections, federal agents searched the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Congressional Black Caucus accused the Trump administration of trying to damage her politically.
CBC Chair Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., and other caucus members said Monday’s raid was intended to cast suspicion on Omar and lacked any apparent legal basis. They cited President Donald Trump’s years of attacks on the Minnesota Democrat.
The Justice Department said agents with Homeland Security Investigations executed a court-authorized search warrant as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
According to Reuters, a source familiar with the investigation said the probe concerns alleged immigration fraud, including paperwork Omar’s late father completed when she was a child.
Omar’s office denied wrongdoing and called the search an abuse of federal power.
The CBC also called for fairness and due process as Omar seeks re-election.
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