Ilhan Omar 2019 Probe: No Citizenship Issues Found

The ilhan omar 2019 review is back in the spotlight: seven years ago, a political appointee in the first Trump administration asked U.S. immigration authorities to comb through the immigration records of then-newly elected Rep. Ilhan Omar for evidence of fraud — and officials found no citizenship issues, the Washington Post reports.

The 2019 request, described to the Post by three former immigration officials, alarmed career staffers at the time. They saw it as a highly unusual use of federal power to hunt for compromising material on a sitting member of Congress and a prominent critic of President Donald Trump.

No Citizenship Issues Found

Despite the scrutiny, the 2019 review turned up no citizenship issues. The finding stands in sharp contrast to the current criminal fraud investigation into Omar’s decades-old immigration paperwork, which led Homeland Security agents to search her Washington home earlier this week.

Omar has said she became a U.S. citizen through her father’s naturalization in 2000, before she turned 18. No charges have been filed in the current investigation.

Renewed Scrutiny Weeks Before the Midterms

Federal agents seized Omar’s cellphone and passport in Monday’s raid, according to reports, and investigators have subpoenaed relatives. Omar has denied wrongdoing and called the investigation political intimidation.

Trump weighed in on Tuesday, questioning how Omar and her husband could afford their Washington home and reviving claims about her finances. Omar dismissed a disputed net-worth disclosure as an accounting error.

The Minnesota Democrat is seeking re-election on November 3.

Source: The Washington Post