Ilhan Omar says she lives 'paycheck to paycheck' as DOJ probes financial disclosures

Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, told MS NOW host Chris Hayes on Wednesday night that her household lives on a working-class budget, describing it as paycheck to paycheck. She said she and her family of four children lead a basic life and drive a 2016 Toyota Camry. Fox News notes that this self-portrait sits awkwardly beside her $174,000 congressional salary and past disclosures that valued assets linked to her husband at up to $30 million.

The sit-down was Omar's debut before cameras after Homeland Security Investigations agents went through her Washington home on Oct. 12, part of an inquiry into possible immigration-related offenses. She argued the search was meant to scare voters ahead of the midterms. Since then, she has twice turned the matter into a fundraising pitch, and the Democratic National Committee circulated its own appeal built on her campaign's request.

Omar also offered a surprising detail about the search itself. She described the agents as courteous, said they restored the house to good order, and noted that they even folded some garments that had been lying around. She called the whole experience bizarre.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Fox News’s reporting. Read the full story at Fox News →