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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Kate Flores Denolang

'An Outrageous Abuse of Power': Ilhan Omar Condemns Federal Search of Her Home

Representative Ilhan Omar condemned a pre-dawn search of her Washington residence by federal agents as an 'outrageous abuse of power' and political intimidation, as investigators examine decades-old family refugee application documents (Credit: By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Ilhan Omar, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86890417)

US Representative Ilhan Omar has condemned a federal search of her Washington, D.C., home, accusing the Trump administration of using law enforcement to intimidate political opponents.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents carried out the search on 12 October under a judicially authorised warrant secured by the Department of Justice. The department confirmed that the operation was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation but did not publicly disclose further details.

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