Family text messages on the phone of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) sister prompted the search warrant and controversial raid on the lawmaker’s Washington, D.C. home, the New York Times is reporting.
\n\nThree unnamed sources “familiar with the matter” told the newspaper that federal investigators seized the phone of Omar’s sister Sahra Noor earlier this year when they began investigating whether Somalia-born lawmaker conspired to commit immigration fraud when she came to the U.S. in the 1990s.
\n\nThe text messages were used to obtain a federal judge’s approval for Department of Homeland Security agents for Monday’s where authorities seized the congresswoman’s phone, passport, notebooks and personal computers, according to the Times.
\n\nHomeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)
\n\nAs Breitbart News reported Saturday, Omar is under federal investigation as the result of allegations that reportedly include she and/or her father lied about when she was born on immigration paperwork in order to obtain her citizenship after her family fled the troubled African country.
\n\nNoor, who currently lives in Kenya, skipped an event she had…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/
