A former security guard of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was charged earlier this year with a felony related to immigration fraud in an effort by the Trump administration to extract incriminating information on the congresswoman, that Somali bodyguard’s lawyer is now claiming.

Abdullahi Mohamud Mohamed, who served a brief stint as Omar’s bodyguard, was indicted by a grand jury in April on charges of lying to immigration authorities under oath, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in federal prison.

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