Border czar says federal probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar has been ongoing

Tom Homan, the official dubbed the “border czar,” told reporters that a federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar has been “ongoing for a while.” The Department of Justice secured a judicial warrant that was executed this morning by Homeland Security Investigations, leading agents from the Department of Homeland Security to search Omar’s Washington, DC home. Homan said the specifics of the case would be handled by Attorney General Todd Blanche and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Omar described the raid as a politically motivated effort by the Trump administration to intimidate her, noting a decade of alleged attacks. She affirmed she was fine and would not be silenced.