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DOJ subpoenas Ilhan Omar’s relatives, Bloomberg reports

The reported subpoenas follow Monday’s search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s Washington home. Omar’s office denies wrongdoing; the investigation has not established guilt.

By Josh Kaplan · Published

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have issued subpoenas to relatives of Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal inquiry that includes her immigration history, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The development follows Monday’s court-authorized search of the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington home. Axios reported that a Justice Department spokesperson confirmed that Homeland Security Investigations carried out the search as part of an ongoing immigration investigation.

What the new reporting says

Bloomberg reporter Chris Strohm said the Justice Department issued the subpoenas, but the information sought was not clear. His report states: “The Justice Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.”

The New York Times separately reported that Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other person in her family circle received subpoenas. That detail appears in a Times excerpt reproduced by Cristina Laila in The Gateway Pundit. The excerpt attributes the information to people familiar with the investigation and says Noor did not respond to the Times’ requests for comment.

The reports describe efforts to obtain evidence. A subpoena does not establish that its recipient committed a crime, and these reports do not establish a finding of wrongdoing by Omar or her relatives.

Omar’s office denies wrongdoing

In an October 12 statement responding to the home search, Omar’s office called the operation political intimidation and said: “The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong.”

That is the office’s response to Monday’s search, rather than a newly issued response to Tuesday’s subpoena reporting. NewsCubby has not independently obtained the subpoenas or investigative records.

This is an original summary of the named news reports and Omar’s official statement. The precise scope of the subpoenas and the outcome of the investigation remain unresolved.

Photo: Ilhan Omar’s official congressional portrait, photographed December 3, 2018, by Kristie Boyd / U.S. House Office of Photography. Public domain. The portrait is a file photograph, not an image of the search. Social graphics use the NewsCubby black-and-gold layout.

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