Homan says investigators have a ‘strong case’ against Omar
White House border czar Tom Homan said federal investigators have a “strong case” in the ongoing criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for possible immigration fraud after federal agents raided her home last week. In an interview with Fox News on Saturday, Homan said he was informed by investigators that they have been following…
White House border czar Tom Homan said federal investigators have a “strong case” in the ongoing criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for possible immigration fraud after federal agents raided her home last week.
In an interview with Fox News on Saturday, Homan said he was informed by investigators that they have been following strong pieces of evidence in the wake of the multiple court authorized search warrants on Omar’s Washington, D.C. home.
“If she violated law then she’d be held accountable,” Homan said, adding that she will not be receiving any special treatment throughout the investigation.
Omar has not been charged with a crime and has denied the allegations, calling the investigation politically motivated.
In a separate interview on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin denied claims that the investigation was politically motivated.
“We wouldn’t move forward, and President Trump didn’t want to move forward either, unless we knew that it couldn’t be politically driven,” Mullin said in an interview with “The Charlie Kirk Show” host Andrew Kolvet. “This individual wants to try making it about themselves. This was about enforcing once again our nation’s laws, and it’s a strong case.”
The probe stems from numerous allegations levied by President Trump and other GOP figures that allege Omar’s immigration documents submitted by her family decades ago may be fraudulent.
Multiple members of Omar’s family, including her brother and her sister, were subpoenaed as part of the investigation, and her cell phone was reportedly confiscated.
Mullin also described the ongoing investigation as a “strong case,” suggesting Omar could also be prosecuted for possible coordinated immigration fraud under federal racketeering laws.
In the Thursday interview, he presented a hypothetical scenario in which a person filled out their paperwork unlawfully and allowed others to enter the country under them.
“Then that can be considered a RICO case, right?” he said. “Because there was conspiracy to deceive the American government, and therefore everything else that came in with it could then be looked at [part of] the same case.”
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