Why Trump Investigators Are Calling Ilhan Omar Probe ‘World War Eleven’

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. home Monday morning, and administration insiders reportedly call the inquiry behind it "World War Eleven." A senior Trump administration official told the Washington Post the case has gained speed in recent weeks and that the nickname reflects the commotion it could set off. The label mocks a video from a Democratic news conference last year, in which Omar briefly misnamed the second world war, according to Daily Wire.

The Justice Department told The Daily Wire that Homeland Security Investigations executed a court-approved warrant as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation, without naming Omar or the probe's focus. Reportedly, it concerns immigration paperwork Omar's late father completed during Omar's childhood. Omar, who has repeatedly denied immigration fraud, was naturalized in 2000.

Omar countered that the search was aimed at a political foe and turned federal law enforcement into a weapon, calling it the newest step in ten years of smear campaigns by Trump. Officials had signaled this before: Markwayne Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary, discussed an investigation into Omar's immigration history last month.

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