Rep. Ilhan Omar details federal search of her D.C. home, says she’ll have to move for safety

Representative Ilhan Omar has given her first detailed account of the federal search of her Washington home, and she says the episode has made the residence unlivable for her. Speaking to MS NOW, she said Homeland Security Investigations agents arrived at 6 a. m. on Oct. 12, pounding on the doors while she, having slept barely two and a half hours, assumed something was burning. NBC News reports the search is part of a criminal investigation that has troubled Justice Department veterans because of its closeness to the midterm elections; a person familiar with the probe told the outlet that possible charges include conspiracy and false statements in immigration paperwork.

Omar said she demanded to see the warrant, then refused to sign a document waiving some of her rights as a member of Congress. Agents carried off 17 items, among them old phones belonging to her and a daughter, along with her husband Tim Mynett's camera, notebooks and a Somali phrase book. The search lasted four or five hours, and she said the agents behaved decently. She nonetheless called the inquiry politically driven, blamed President Donald Trump, and denied the allegations.

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