Feds seize Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoena her sister Sahra Noor in immigration fraud criminal inquiry
Ilhan Omar and Sahra Noor. Federal investigators have subpoenaed Sahra Noor as part of a criminal fraud probe into Omar's immigration paperwork.
Federal agents who raided Omar's Washington DC home on Monday have seized her phone and sent out more than twelve grand jury subpoenas — among them one to her sister Sahra Noor and others to additional relatives — as part of a criminal inquiry into alleged immigration paperwork fraud. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed her office is running a SEPARATE probe into Omar's financial disclosures, after the congresswoman declared a net worth of up to $30 million in House filings. At the heart of the investigation is whether her birth year was deliberately altered from 1981 to 1982 so she could obtain derivative citizenship through her father as a minor in 2000. Omar has vowed she 'will not be silenced,' while husband Tim Mynett said he has 'no concerns.'
Emails show that months after Omar's 2018 election, her congressional staff asked the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library to change her recorded birth year.
Trump described Omar as 'totally crooked' and claimed she is in the US 'illegally,' while maintaining he has 'nothing to do with' the federal investigation.
The raid cut across longstanding DOJ policy barring overt actions within 60 days of an election, prompting Democrats to condemn it as 'blatant political intimidation.'
