Federal Authorities Investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Immigration Records
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Federal authorities have seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone and issued subpoenas to some of her relatives as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud involving her immigration paperwork, The Associated Press reported through The Hill, citing a person familiar with the matter. Fox News and the New York Post also reported that agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington, D.C., home, while The New York Times reported that the Justice Department had issued subpoenas in the investigation.
The New York Post reported that Omar’s congressional staff asked the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library in May 2019 to change her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982. According to emails reviewed by the newspaper, the library’s director said the original date had been copied from widely available references without documentation and that Omar’s staff was also seeking corrections from Wikipedia and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Critics contend that the discrepancy could affect Omar’s account of obtaining derivative citizenship through her father in 2000, before she turned 18.
Omar has repeatedly denied allegations of immigration fraud. In a statement posted Monday, she called the investigation an escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign of “political intimidation” against her.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported claim about the absence of charges or official findings. - "No criminal charge or official finding of immigration fraud was reported.": None of the supplied source material establishes that no criminal charge or official finding had been reported.
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Federal Authorities Investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Immigration Records
Federal authorities have seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone and issued subpoenas to some of her relatives as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud involving her immigration paperwork, The Associated Press reported through The Hill, citing a person familiar with the matter. Fox News and the New York Post also reported that agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington, D.C., home, while The New York Times reported that the Justice Department had issued subpoenas in the investigation.
The New York Post reported that Omar’s congressional staff asked the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library in May 2019 to change her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982. According to emails reviewed by the newspaper, the library’s director said the original date had been copied from widely available references without documentation and that Omar’s staff was also seeking corrections from Wikipedia and the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Critics contend that the discrepancy could affect Omar’s account of obtaining derivative citizenship through her father in 2000, before she turned 18. No criminal charge or official finding of immigration fraud was reported.
Omar has repeatedly denied allegations of immigration fraud. In a statement posted Monday, she called the investigation an escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign of “political intimidation” against her.
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