Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal inquiry, source says
Federal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in inquiry into potential immigration fraud
TL;DR
- Federal authorities seized Ilhan Omar's phone and issued over a dozen grand jury subpoenas to relatives as part of an investigation into potential immigration fraud.
- The investigation led to agents searching Omar's Washington D.C. home weeks before the November midterms.
- Democrats condemned the search as political targeting, while Omar called it an escalation of political intimidation.
- The secretary of Homeland Security suggested the examination of potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.
- The US attorney for D.C. also mentioned ongoing investigations into Omar's financial disclosures.