Trump targets Ilhan Omar at rally following raid on her home – US politics live

Representative Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat, says she refuses to be silenced after federal agents searched her Washington, DC, home early Monday. The Justice Department described the search as part of an ongoing investigation. According to a person familiar with the case, the inquiry concerns alleged immigration fraud, and part of it examines documents Omar's father, who has died, completed during her childhood. Omar said Trump has smeared her with lies for ten years and that the government is being turned into a weapon against his political enemy, according to The Guardian.

Trump, speaking at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, that evening, singled out Omar, who was born in Somalia, and branded that nation among the worst anywhere. He asked voters to back Republicans so Ohio would avoid the ruin he says Minnesota is suffering, and the crowd chanted "Deport, deport."

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow party leaders in the chamber called the raid alarming and said it raises concerns about the federal government being used against Trump's enemies.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →