Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations very recently searched the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) under a court-authorized warrant, seizing her phone, in a criminal investigation of alleged fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork. The next day, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed on national television that her office is also examining the congresswoman’s financial disclosures.
Within hours, the country split into two camps. To one, a powerful lawmaker was finally facing accountability. To the other, an administration was hunting a critic. Omar denies wrongdoing; her lawyers say agents ignored a judge’s restrictions, which the Justice Department denies. No charges have been filed. A search warrant is not an indictment, and a confirmation on cable news is not a finding of anything.
