Federal authorities seize Ilhan Omar’s devices in immigration fraud investigation
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Federal authorities seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone, laptop and other devices during a Monday search of her Washington, D.C., home and subpoenaed some of her relatives as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud involving her immigration records, according to reports. Her husband and daughter were not among those subpoenaed, Middle East Eye reported.
The investigation reportedly concerns Omar’s age when she obtained derivative U.S. citizenship through her father, who was naturalized in 2000. Omar has said she became a citizen before turning 18. Investigators are examining whether she was already 18 and therefore would have needed to apply separately.
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. Emails cited by the newspaper said the library had originally used the 1981 date because it appeared on Wikipedia and in the U.S. Congress’s Biographical Directory, without supporting documentation.
Omar has repeatedly denied allegations of immigration fraud. In a statement Monday, she described the investigation as “the latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s campaign of “political intimidation” against her. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have publicly called for her immigration history to be investigated.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the misleading collective attribution while retaining the facts supported across the supplied reports. - "according to reports by The Associated Press, The New York Times and the Minnesota Star Tribune": The supplied material does not show that each named outlet reported all the facts in the sentence; the AP-based source supports seizure of Omar’s phone and subpoenas, while the broader device seizure and home search are supported by Middle East Eye.
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Federal authorities seize Ilhan Omar’s devices in immigration fraud investigation
Federal authorities seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone, laptop and other devices during a Monday search of her Washington, D.C., home and subpoenaed some of her relatives as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud involving her immigration records, according to reports by The Associated Press, The New York Times and the Minnesota Star Tribune.reports. Her husband and daughter were not among those subpoenaed, Middle East Eye reported.
The investigation reportedly concerns Omar’s age when she obtained derivative U.S. citizenship through her father, who was naturalized in 2000. Omar has said she became a citizen before turning 18. Investigators are examining whether she was already 18 and therefore would have needed to apply separately.
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. Emails cited by the newspaper said the library had originally used the 1981 date because it appeared on Wikipedia and in the U.S. Congress’s Biographical Directory, without supporting documentation.
Omar has repeatedly denied allegations of immigration fraud. In a statement Monday, she described the investigation as “the latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s campaign of “political intimidation” against her. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have publicly called for her immigration history to be investigated.
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