Ilhan Omar DC home searched by HSI
by HOMERED: Ilhan Omar
the subpoena list now includes family. grand jury subpoenas from the DOJ went out to relatives of Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar, her sister Sahra Noor among them, per NYT reporting, and that's the latest turn in a federal criminal case that keeps widening. what agents are after: fraud and false statements inside immigration paperwork connected to the family's history. one thread is whether her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, was untruthful or withheld details on the forms he filed on the way to becoming a U.S. citizen. that thread carries weight because Omar has said her citizenship came by way of him. the search happened before that. DHS agents went through her Washington, D.C. home and took out boxes of documents. Homeland Security Investigations handled it, the warrant was judicially authorized, and a federal judge had to sign off first. DOJ is in on it. one source pointed to a possible RICO angle, though nothing about Minnesota raids is confirmed. and the New York Post adds this: congressional staff moved her birth year from 1981 to 1982 once she was elected. reported, not proven. but the pieces keep stacking 🇺🇸
Transcript (en)
All this happened a little bit shortly after 6 o'clock this morning here at Congresswoman Omar's home in Washington, D.C. It's unclear if she's home at this time. It does not appear so because we've been out here for several hours now after this happened. You can see on scene behind me, there are several investigators from Homeland Security Investigations. I'm going to back out of the way. Homeland Security Investigations, they go by HSI. They are on scene. Also told that DOJ involved in this investigation. We don't have details, guys, specifically about what the investigation entails, but we can report that it is a federal criminal investigation. I want to read a statement from a DOJ spokesperson. It says, quote, 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 criminal investigation. Again, we are out here at the Congresswoman's home in Washington, D.C. No public comments from her at this time but agents have been out here for several hours fairly quiet on the street today on this Columbus Day here in Washington D A couple of agents outside going in and out of the home but not a real strong presence but still no comment from the congresswoman at this time. But we can confirm she is under federal criminal investigation. I do want to add one more thing if I can, guys. A judge did have to sign off on this search warrant. This is not something DOJ or Homeland Security could just do ad hoc. This is something a federal judge would have had to sign off on for them behind me to be here today. Guys. So, David, we're reaching out to our sources. One of our sources is telling us this is in connection with a RICO investigation. My question is, since they've raided the D.C. home, is Minnesota being raided at the same time right now, or do we know? Yeah, we have no information on Minnesota. It's a question we've asked, nothing at this time. We obviously know she lives in Minnesota. She may presumably be there right now. That could be part of the investigation. But as far as the DC angle of this, we just know the DC home right now is part of this
