From The Boston Globe · · 40s
Authorities Seize Ilhan Omar's Phone
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar's Washington home days before November midterms.
In brief
Federal agents search Ilhan Omar's Washington home days before November midterms. Federal authorities seized Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed relatives in a criminal probe into her immigration paperwork. Originally reported by The Boston Globe.
Federal agents seize phone
Federal authorities seized Representative Ilhan Omar's phone and issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas to relatives.
Search near midterms
Homeland Security officers carried boxes from Omar's Washington residence Monday, three weeks before November midterms.
Omar calls it political targeting
Omar called the search an 'attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.'
“Omar, in a statement on X, called the search an 'attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.'”
Democrats condemn search
Democrats condemned the search as political targeting ahead of November midterms.
In short
Federal authorities seized Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed relatives in a criminal probe into her immigration paperwork.
