# Authorities Seize Ilhan Omar's Phone

> Federal agents search Ilhan Omar's Washington home days before November midterms.
- Title: Authorities Seize Ilhan Omar's Phone · The Boston Globe
- Summary: Federal agents search Ilhan Omar's Washington home days before November midterms. Federal authorities seized Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed relatives in a…
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- Source: The Boston Globe — https://bostonglobe.com/2026/10/14/nation/ilhan-omar-investigation
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

Federal authorities seized Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed relatives in a criminal probe into her immigration paperwork.