Ilhan Omar huddles with her DC-based lawyers during her first day back on Capitol Hill amid federal probes
This is the first sighting of Omar back on the Hill after two federal departments opened investigations into the Somali-born congresswoman looking into both her immigration status and previous financial filings.
- OBAMA ADMIN FIRST LAUNCHED THE INVESTIGATION INTO ILHAN OMAR'S ALLEGED BROTHER MARRIAGE The attorneys were also asked about the recent news that both the Obama and Biden administrations had been the first to investigate Omar after she claimed that the Trump administration was politically targeting her.
- SCANDAL-PLAGUED ILHAN OMAR EASILY SECURES 5TH TERM IN DEEP BLUE MINNESOTA DESPITE IMMIGRATION FRAUD PROBE Omar also refused to respond to Fox’s question about whether she had spoken to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about the investigation.
- Omar has not yet formally announced a meeting with any members of Congress about the two ongoing federal probes.
Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., returned to Capitol Hill this week and brought two lawyers with her after a scandal-plagued fall recess.
ILHAN OMAR LASHES OUT AT 'BIGOT' TRUMP AFTER WINNING RE-ELECTION DESPITE INVESTIGATION Matz served as counsel to House Democrats during both failed impeachment attempts against Trump during his first term in office.
- In October, agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided her Washington, D.C., home as part of what Fox News Digital learned was an investigation into whether she or her father committed fraud when filling out her immigration paperwork.
- She was then asked if there was any chance she would step down from Congress despite just winning re-election to let the investigation "play out." The congresswoman smiled and waved at the camera but did not respond as the elevator doors closed with her inside.
- The attorneys seen exiting her office earlier, Jeffress and Matz, have both represented high-ranking Democratic elected officials and have taken on multiple cases against President Donald Trump, his allies and supporters.
- Her only formal address to the public on the investigations was posting to social media, including a video in which she encouraged her supporters to keep sending money in light of the new investigations against her.
- After emerging from Omar’s office on Tuesday, Fox News asked about their confidence in Omar’s defense against the federal government.
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