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Ilhan Omar Says Agents Took a Somali Children's Book: Inside the 17 Items Seized From Her Home

A Somali children's book, a vintage camera and old cellphones were among the belongings federal investigators took from Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home, the Minnesota Democrat said, offering a detailed account of a search whose scope her lawyers are challenging.

Speaking with MS NOW's Chris Hayes, Omar said Homeland Security Investigations agents spent four to five hours inside her residence on October 12 and left with 17 items. Her account brings the contents of a family household into a dispute over immigration records, judicial restrictions and the government's treatment of a sitting member of Congress.

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