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Ilhan Omar Asks Supporters for Money After DC Raid
Confirmed
In Short: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., re-emerged Tuesday night with a campaign video posted to her official social media channels, asking supporters for financial assistance following a raid on her Washington, D.C., home.
In the video, Omar thanked her supporters and asked for donations, saying, 'Please continue to support us. It's going to be a very expensive and challenging time. So we appreciate whether you're able to send $5, $10, $20. Thank you.'
Omar's home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) last Monday as part of an investigation into potential immigration fraud. She became a naturalized citizen in 2000, when she was 17.
Omar stated in a written statement posted to X that the raid was 'an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies.'
The investigation centers around claims that Omar or her late father may have lied on decades-old immigration paperwork to secure legal status, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Omar emphasized her determination to continue campaigning, saying, 'I'll be out there campaigning alongside all of you, and making sure that we beat back all of this, and that we win in the midterms.'
She also framed the raid as an attempt to intimidate her and other political opponents before the midterm elections, stating, 'We know that they're running scared.'
Omar's lawyers have said the department violated the judge’s restrictions, failed to notify her or the House general counsel’s office as required, and prevented her from reaching her attorney for more than an hour after the search began.
Republican politicians have been questioning Omar’s immigration record for a long time, and the raid has intensified these allegations.
Omar thanked her supporters again in the video, saying, 'Thank you so much again, and please continue to support us.'
What this adds
The raid on Omar's home has raised concerns about the politicization of federal investigations and the potential violation of her constitutional rights.
Background
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home as part of a criminal investigation.
What's confirmed
- "Please continue to support us. It's going to be a very expensive and challenging time. So we appreciate whether you're able to send $5, $10, $20. Thank you."
- "Win the House, win the Senate, and hold this administration accountable."
- "I just wanted to say thank you so much for the support, to everyone who sent a note of support, for everyone who sent $5, $10, $20." Omar's home in Washington, D.C., was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) last Monday in connection to an investigation into potential immigration fraud.
- "This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," she said in a statement posted to X hours after feds descended on her home.
- “Thank you so much again, and please continue to support us,” Omar said in the video.
What's still developing
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., released a video asking supporters for money and promising to return to the campaign trail soon, a little more than a week after her DC home was raided by federal authorities. (Credit: ilhanmn via Youtube - Oct. 20) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., re-emerged Tuesday night for the first time following a raid on her Washington, D.C., residence by posting a campaign video to her official social media channels asking supporters for more money.
- "This is just my opinion," he continued, before calling the congresswoman "a very dishonest person" who "hates our country."
- Just as Fox News reported Tuesday that Omar had not made a public appearance since the raid, the outlet reposted her Instagram video on X, where she predictably frames herself as the victim and asks for financial support.
- In a new video, the Minnesota Democrat thanks supporters and asks for donations to help her through what she calls an “expensive and challenging” period.
- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke out about the federal raid on her Washington, D.C., home, asking her supporters to keep donating to her reelection campaign as she stands three weeks out from the midterm elections.
- Vice President JD Vance had said back in May that the DOJ was investigating reports that Omar’s previous husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was allegedly her biological brother, whom she married to help him legally live in the United States.
- “For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns,” Omar said in the Oct. 12 statement.
- Omar has also faced allegations from Republicans that she was connected to the fraud scandals rocking Minnesota.
- Rep. Ilhan Omar thanked donors and called for additional donations in a TikTok video posted on Tuesday night, eight days after federal agents conducted a search of her Washington home as part of a criminal investigation concerning her immigration documents.
- They also confiscated Omar’s personal cellphone, and some of her relatives received grand jury subpoenas a few days before the search, CBS News reported.