Federal Agents Search Home of Trump Critic Ilhan Omar, Democratic Representative

US authorities searched the home of this Democratic congressional representative as part of a criminal investigation.

As part of an ongoing criminal investigation, US federal agents searched the Washington DC home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, a staunch critic of US President Donald Trump.

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The Justice Department's bottom line confirmed that agents had executed a court-authorized search warrant, but did not identify Omar or provide details about the investigation.

The Somali-born congressman, who came to the United States as a child refugee and later became a naturalized citizen, represents a Minnesota district that includes Minneapolis.

He has long been the target of Trump's political attacks, particularly on immigration.

In September, Trump's border security chief, Tom Holman, said Omar was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, although he did not provide further details. Omar said at the time that he had not been contacted by internal security and denied the allegations were politically motivated.

Vice President J. In an interview with the conservative Benny Johnson podcast, Vance said that he and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had discussed how to investigate him.

"How do you go after him? How do you investigate him? How do you actually do it?" Vance asked as he thought about building a case.

Omar's office in March dismissed Vance's allegations as "false and defamatory." There was no immediate public response from Omar to Monday's inquiry.

The search comes just three weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, when Republicans will battle to retain control of Congress.

Omar has said that he and his family have faced death threats as a result of Trump's words and called his attachment to him "terrible".

In December, the president called the MP and other Somali immigrants "trash."

In February, he said Omar and Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, both Muslims and members of the progressive group of lawmakers known as the Squad, should be "instituted" and sent back "where they came from" after criticizing her State of the Union speech.

Last month, a Minnesota man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for dousing Omar with vinegar during a January town hall meeting at the height of Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, during which he called for the repeal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).