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Maya Yang

Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’

woman speaks at lectern as two men and one woman stand behind her
Ilhan Omar speaks with members of the Congressional Progressive caucus, Maxwell Frost, Pramila Jayapal and Chuy Garcia, in Washington DC on 13 January. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Ilhan Omar’s Democratic colleagues have condemned federal agents’ search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s home on Monday morning, describing it as “deeply disturbing” and emblematic of the Trump administration’s “corrupt weaponization” of the US government.

House Democratic leaders, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, party whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement excoriating the president for the search.

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